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Article: Statistics tell a pretty grim tale
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- May 21, 2008
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LAURAN NEERGAARD, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
05-21-2008
Statistics tell a pretty grim tale -- Glioma an aggressive cancer
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 05-21-2008, Wednesday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
WASHINGTON A malignant glioma the diagnosis doctors gave Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is the worst kind of brain cancer.
Malignant gliomas strike almost 9,000 Americans a year. Survival statistics are grim few live three years and for the worst subtype, half die within a year.
Who lasts longer and some do depends on exactly what form of glioma someone has, whether surgeons can cut most of it out, age and some ...
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