Feb 28, Post Surgery Colon Cancer Histopathology Report
Updated: 2011-02-28 13:40:40
My mother 62+ got operated for colon cancer on 5th Feb'2011 followed with biopsy done for right hemicolectomy and colonic cut margin. Although the report
Aretha Franklin has pancreatic cancer, the Detroit News reported Wednesday. The paper quoted a source close to “The Queen of Soul” as confirming the cancer report in the National Enquirer. The 68-year-old “Respect” singer announced last week she had undergone surgery that she called “highly successful,” but she did not reveal her ailment. Franklin’s publicist [...]
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