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Long Island cancer cluster,
2.1
,
7.1
Los Alamos,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1
lumps, discovery of,
2.1
incidence of,
7.1
,
11.1
radiation and,
11.1
,
11.2
lungs, metastasis to,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
epl.1
lymphangiogenesis,
4.1
,
5.1
lymphatic system,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
8.1
,
11.1
,
epl.1
as metastatic pathway,
4.1
,
5.1
,
6.1
lymphedema,
11.1
,
11.2
lymphomas,
1.1
,
9.1
macrophages,
9.1
,
10.1
Maret, Nancy (author’s wife),
4.1
,
4.2
,
11.1
in aftermath of cancer,
13.1
,
epl.1
healthy lifestyle of,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
4.1
,
8.1
Maret, Nancy (author’s wife), cancer of
diagnosis of,
1.1
,
2.1
,
3.1
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
12.1
,
epl.1
metastatic route of,
2.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
6.1
treatment strategy for,
4.1
,
6.1
,
8.1
,
11.1
,
13.1
Massachusetts General Hospital,
12.1
,
12.2
mastectomies,
2.1
,
12.1
Maxwell’s demons,
epl.1
,
epl.2
MD Anderson Cancer Center,
1.1
,
2.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
Nancy’s trip to,
8.1
,
9.1
medical practices
shortcomings of,
2.1
,
6.1
medulloblastoma,
6.1
,
12.1
melanoblastoma,
12.1
,
epl.1
melanoma,
3.1
,
5.1
,
12.1
rise in,
7.1
,
7.2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering cancer center,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1
menarche, early age of,
2.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
Mendel, Gregor,
5.1
,
12.1
menopause,
2.1
,
3.1
,
8.1
menstruation,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
mesothelioma,
7.1
,
8.1
metabolism
in cancer risk,
1.1
,
2.1
,
10.1
glucose,
10.1
,
13.1
historical evidence of,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
in Nancy’s cancer,
2.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
6.1
“metastatic affections,”
4.1
methylation,
9.1
,
13.1
mice, research on,
4.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
Michor, Franziska,
12.1
,
13.1
Middle Ages,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
migrant studies,
7.1
,
10.1
mining
uranium,
5.1
,
11.1
mitochondria,
13.1
,
epl.1
monoclonal antibodies,
12.1
,
epl.1
Morrison Formation,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
mouth cancer,
1.1
,
10.1
MRI scans,
11.1
,
epl.1
Muller, Hermann J.,
5.1
,
5.2
multiple myeloma,
1.1
,
3.1
mustard gas,
2.1
,
8.1
genetic,
5.1
,
7.1
,
12.1
in sheep,
6.1
,
12.1
myc
gene,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
“mysterious sympathy,”
10.1
,
10.2
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month,
12.1
,
12.2
National Cancer Institute,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
epl.1
National Toxicology Program,
2.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
Natural History Museum, London,
3.1
,
3.2
nausea,
8.1
,
8.2
,
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neoplasm,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
2.1
,
2.2
benign,
1.1
,
2.1
New Yorker, The,
1334
New York Times, The,
8.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
Nobel Prize,
9.1
,
9.2
,
11.1
nose,
3.1
Nowell, Peter,
nts.1
,
nts.2
nuclear blasts,
11.1
,
13.1
,
epl.1
nuclear power plants,
11.1
,
11.2
nucleotides, four-symbol alphabet for,
5.1
,
5.2
,
9.1
,
9.2
obesity
proven cancer risk from,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
12.1
occupational exposure, cancer risk from,
10.1
,
11.1
oncogenes,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
12.1
osteosarcoma,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
ovarian cancer,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
4.1
,
5.1
,
8.1
,
9.1
ovaries,
1.1
,
6.1
p
53
gene,
5.1
,
epl.1
paclitaxel (Taxol),
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
9.1
Paget, Stephen,
4.1
,
4.2
pancreas,
6.1
,
10.1
pancreatic cancer,
2.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
10.1
,
12.1
Pascal, Blaise,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
penicillin,
10.1
,
10.2
pesticides,
2.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
naturally occurring,
1.1
,
2.1
,
7.1
Peto, Richard,
1.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
10.1
,
10.2
PET (positron emission tomography) scan,
2.1
,
11.1
,
13.1
,
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pharmaceutical companies
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