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CANCER CURE 'A DANGER'.


Byline: SARAH Sarah or Sarai: see Sara.
Sarah

(flourished early 2nd millennium BC) In the Hebrew scriptures, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She was childless until age 90.
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DOCTORS are now so proficient at curing testicular cancer testicular cancer

Malignant tumour of the testis, or testicle. Although relatively rare, testicular cancer is the most common malignancy for men between the ages of 20 and 34. It typically affects men between 15 and 39 years old.
 that patients may find themselves at more risk of falling ill from over-treatment than of the disease recurring, scientists warned yesterday.

German researchers re-examined patients 13 to 17 years after chemo- therapy and radiotherapy radiotherapy /ra·dio·ther·a·py/ (-ther´ah-pe) treatment of disease by means of ionizing radiation; tissue may be exposed to a beam of radiation, or a radioactive element may be contained in devices (e.g.  treatment.

All said they felt healthy but nearly one in three had abnormal heart patterns and more than eight out of 10 had higher cholesterol levels putting them at risk of heart disease.

Specialist Dr Karim Fizazi said: "Patients have become victims of the success of treatment. Long-term side effects Side effects

Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm.
 need to be considered."
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Feb 23, 2002
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