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pancreatic cancer stories: 54 news summaries

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(AP) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from a Washington hospital today after spending the night as a precaution. The 76-year-old Supreme Court justice planned to be back at work later today. Ginsburg, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in February, "developed lightheadedness and fatigue" in her office yesterday after receiving... More »

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Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized After Faint Spell at Court

76-year-old has been battling pancreatic cancer

Sep 24, 09 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has been battling pancreatic cancer, is in a Washington hospital tonight after feeling ill at work. In a statement, the court said that Ginsburg, 76, felt faint after a routine infusion, and that though subsequent tests and monitoring showed her “in stable... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • hospital • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court • fainting • infusion

OBITUARY

 NCAA President 
 Myles Brand, 67, 
 Dies of Cancer 

Philosophy professor led sports powerhouse after firing Bob Knight at Indiana U.

Sep 16, 09 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Myles Brand, the first academic in 50 years to head the National Collegiate Athletic Association and perhaps best known as the man who, as president of Indiana University, fired legendary basketball coach Bob Knight, died today of pancreatic cancer; he was 67, the New York Times reports. The former philosophy... More »

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NCAA • NCAA football • pancreatic cancer • Bowl Championship Series • Bob Knight • Indiana University • Myles Brand

APPRECIATION

 Swayze: Not Afraid to Laugh 
 at His Own Hunkiness 

Actor didn't want to be just another pretty face, made sure he wasn't

Sep 14, 09 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze, who died today at 57, wasn’t the first choice for the male lead in Dirty Dancing, the BBC notes, but “his performance earned him award nominations and a place on bedroom walls of lovelorn teenage girls around the world.” He eschewed Hollywood’s scene—preferring... More »

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Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Hollywood • obituary • pancreatic cancer • Patrick Swayze • Dirty Dancing • appreciation • Lisa Niemi • sex symbol • Chris Farley

OBITUARY

 Cancer Takes 
 Swayze, 57 

Dirty Dancing star diagnosed with deadly pancreatic cancer in Jan. 2008

Sep 14, 09 7:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze died today, TMZ reports, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. The actor, whose credits included Dirty Dancing and Ghost, was 57. Named People’s Sexiest Man Alive in 1991, he was diagnosed with the deadly form of cancer in January 2008; he continued film and TV work,... More »

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cancer • entertainment • pancreatic cancer • People Magazine • actor • Patrick Swayze • Dirty Dancing • Ghost • Lisa Niemi

 Swayze Goes Home to Die: Tab 

Actor's bodily functions reportedly shutting down

Sep 9, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze has left the hospital and gone home to die in his own bed, the National Enquirer reports. Despite the actor's strong will to live, he has reportedly suffered multiple setbacks in his battle with pancreatic cancer, including a mild heart attack and an ongoing intestinal infection, and now... More »

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(Newser) - Contrary to what you might have read in the New York Post, Bernie Madoff does not have cancer, Bloomberg reports. “While the N.Y. Post story is full of inaccuracies, and we can’t specifically address all of them, we can tell you that Bernie... More »

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cancer • New York Post • pancreatic cancer • federal prison • Bureau of Prisons • Ponzi scheme • bank fraud • Bernard Madoff • Ira Sorkin • prison sentence

 Madoff 
 Dying of 
 Cancer: 
 Inmates 

Some speculate this is why he took the fall

Aug 24, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bernie Madoff may not serve much of his 150-year sentence: The Ponzi schemer is suffering from cancer, fellow inmates tell the New York Post, and has been telling everyone he doesn't have long to live. “He’s been taking about 20 pills a day for his cancer,”... More »

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cancer • prison • jail • pancreatic cancer • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

Obituary

 60 Minutes Creator 
 Don Hewitt, 86, Dies 

TV legend directed Cronkite, Murrow in nearly 60 years at CBS

Aug 19, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don Hewitt, one of the pioneers of TV news, died today at 86 of pancreatic cancer, CBS reports. Hewitt all but invented television news over the course of his more than 60-year career, directing legends Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite. He was behind the 1968 launch of 60 Minutes,... More »

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(Newser) - North Korea has started making a documentary honoring Kim Jong-il's life, leading many to suspect that the leader's final chapter is looming, Bloomberg reports. The leader, 67, is thought to have suffered a stroke last year and recent reports say he is now battling terminal pancreatic cancer. Analysts believe Kim,... More »

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North Korea • documentary • pancreatic cancer • Kim Jong Il • Kim Il Sung

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, reports Reuters, citing South Korean broadcaster YTN. Many observers believe the 67-year-old communist leader also suffered a stroke last year, though his apparent health problems have never officially been confirmed. More »

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(AP) - Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at work after a five-and-a-half-month medical leave, during which he received a liver transplant. Jobs, 54, is working from Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters "a few days a week" and working from home the remaining days, an Apple spokesman said today. More »

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Steve Jobs • CEO • Apple • pancreatic cancer • liver transplants • Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute

Jobs Had Liver Transplant 
2 Months Ago

Apple boss still expected to return to work this month

Jun 20, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Jobs had a liver transplant in Tennessee about 2 months ago, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Apple boss, who has been on medical leave since January for an undisclosed medical condition, is recovering well and is expected to return to work later this month. Jobs will likely "... More »

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Obituary

NBA Mourns Pistons Great Chuck Daly

Hall of Famer, 78, succumbed to cancer,
a coach to the end

May 9, 09 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The basketball world is mourning Hall of Famer Chuck Daly, who died today of pancreatic cancer at 78. Daly is best known as the coach of the “Bad Boy” Pistons teams and the original 1992 Olympic Dream Team. He’s the winningest coach in Detroit’s history, with 467... More »

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cancer • NBA • basketball • New Jersey Nets • Detroit Pistons • Orlando Magic • pancreatic cancer • Villanova Wildcats • Dream Team • Chuck Daly • Brendan Malone • Jay Wright

(Newser) - Grill-happy Americans who favor burned or charred red meat are 60% more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than people who eat less incinerated protein, Reuters reports. Charred meat is known to contain cancer-causing compounds, but the study makes the first direct connection. “Turning down the heat when grilling, frying,... More »

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Ginsburg Shows No Signs
of Slowing Down

Symposium celebrates 'midpoint'
of justice's career

Apr 12, 09 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has shown no signs of slowing, despite cancer surgery in February: Since then, she's attended every Supreme Court session, written more opinions than all but one other justice, and raised plenty of questions from the bench. A symposium celebrating Ginsburg’s service almost seemed designed to quash... More »

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cancer • feminism • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • justice • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court

 Ginsburg 
 to Undergo 
 Chemo 

Justice says pancreatic cancer treatment won't affect court schedule

Mar 17, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who recently had surgery for pancreatic cancer, will begin chemotherapy later this month, the Supreme Court said today. “I am scheduled to undergo a precautionary post-surgical course of chemotherapy at the National Institutes of Health,” the justice said. She said the treatments shouldn’t affect... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • chemotherapy • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court

 Swayze Fires Back 
 at 'Negative' 
 Tabloids 

Actors slams reports that he's losing cancer fight

Mar 12, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze is sick of reading tabloid stories claiming he's losing his battle with pancreatic cancer, he tells Access Hollywood. The Beast star says that rather than being at death's door, he is responding well to a new course of chemotherapy, and he has plenty of positive things in his... More »

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tabloids • cancer treatment • pancreatic cancer • National Enquirer • actor • Patrick Swayze • The Beast



 Ginsburg: 
 I'm Not 
 Going 
 Anywhere 

Justice says cancer won't stop her from serving several more years

Mar 6, 09 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Contrary to Beltway speculation, Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn't plan to leave the Supreme Court any time soon. The 75-year-old justice has survived cancer before (colorectal, a decade ago), and doesn't see a reason why the recent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer should cut short her judicial career, she tells USA Today.... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court • Jim Bunning • President Obama

Ginsburg Back in Court After Cancer Surgery

Docs optimistic, but senator predicts justice has 9 months to live

Feb 23, 09 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court today, 18 days after her surgery for pancreatic cancer, the AP reports. Doctors gave her an encouraging prognosis after removing a small malignant tumor, but in a speech this weekend, Sen. Jim Bunning said Ginsburg would be dead within 9 months,... More »

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cancer • surgery • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • justice • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court • Jim Bunning • malignant tumor

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