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Moulton girl to be first to undergo form of brain cancer treatment.
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Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX)
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November 19, 2006
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 Victoria Advocate. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Barry Halvorson
Nov. 19--HOUSTON -- While Moulton fifth-grader Taylor Bohuslav is breaking ground at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center by being the first student to attend her home classroom through video conferencing, it isn't the only first that she's involved in at the center. Taylor, 10, is also the first patient at the facility's proton therapy center to undergo that form of cancer treatment for a brainstem cancer. It is just the latest treatment being tried in an effort to stop the cancer that is threatening her health and her life. "It was a hard decision to make," her mother, Christy Bohuslav, said. "I'm a nurse so I know there are some big issues ...
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