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Girl Triumphs Over Facial Deformity

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Doctors in Manhattan have given a 15-year-old girl born with a tumorous birth defect a normal life. After performing 18 procedures on Cody Hall of England, surgeons have made her one-time facial deformity virtually non-existent.

Kennedy Docs Give Tumor Diagnosis

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

BOSTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor.

Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma, they said.

His treatment will be decided after more tests but the usual course includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy.

Official: Chantal Sebire Took Her Own Life

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

The French woman who had sought the legal right to commit suicide to end the suffering caused by an incurable and disfiguring cancer killed herself with sleeping tablets, authorities said.

Chantal Sebire, 52, whose face was distorted by a rare cancer of the sinus, was found dead in her home in eastern France last week, shortly after a court ruled that a doctor could not be allowed to help her die.

Chantal Sebire’s Autopsy Inconclusive

Friday, March 21st, 2008

The autopsy conducted on Chantal Sebire – who was found dead Wednesday after she sparked an international debate on euthanasia – has failed to give a cause of death; it is being reported by a cable news network.

Sebire, 52, suffered from disfiguring facial tumors and begged for the right to die. A Dijon, France prosecutor said Friday it is still unclear whether Sebire died of natural or unnatural causes.

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