Re: OT / 'Superman' widow Dana Reeve has lung cancer

"Nancy Rudins" <nrudins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> I've heard that someone like Dana Reeve, who never smoked, has a
> pretty good prognosis and that treatment is more effective than
> someone who had smoked for some time, like Peter Jennings had.

It kinda ticks me off that lung cancer has turned into one of those "blame
the victim" diseases, like HIV.

There are a lot of people who get it who have had no discernible
self-induced risk factors, like smoking or even secondhand smoke.

flick 100785


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