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Cancer's Return Shouldn't Limit Elizabeth Edwards, Doctors Say
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 "You cannot eradicate this disease and never have to deal with it again," she said. "Mrs. Edwards will be dealing with this disease the rest of her life, and it is likely to limit her life. She will be on therapy, if not the rest of her life, then intermittently on-and-off therapy."
"It's more of a chronic disease," agreed Greene, who said she supported the Edwards' decision to carry on with the political campaign.
"Presuming that she's strong, he's strong, and they have talked it over and agreed upon it, there is no reason for them to stop in their tracks and sit and 'wait for the end,' " she said.
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SOURCES: March 22, 2007, press conference, with John and Elizabeth Edwards, and Dr. Lisa Carey, associate professor of medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine's Division of Hematology/Oncology, Chapel Hill; Toby Greene, M.D., breast cancer surgeon, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, N.J.; Julia Smith, M.D., Ph.D., director, Lynne Cohen Breast Cancer Preventative Care Program at the New York University Cancer Institute and Bellevue Hospital, New York City; Len Lichtenfeld, M.D., deputy chief medical officer, American Cancer Society
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