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...meter breast stroke Radcliffe picked up eight points with a first-place finish by Borden and a second by Carol Moore...
Downey contributed first-place finishes in the 200-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly and Borden placed first in the 50-meter breast stroke...
When he removed Happy Rockefeller's left breast, Urban cut out a thin wedge of tissue above her right nipple and sent this to the pathology laboratory, where part of it was immediately fast-frozen and sliced paper thin. The microscope gave no clear indication of cancer in this test, which was completed while the patient was still on the operating table. So Urban had no reason to cut farther. But the remainder of the tissue was fixed in paraffin for more detailed examination-a process that takes 24 hours or more. Next day, the more clearly stained paraffin...
Then it was both too late and too early to remove the right breast-too late because the operation was over and too soon because the patient was in the early stages of convalescence and slightly anemic. Urban told Nelson Rockefeller the facts, and they agreed to withhold the word from Happy until she was well enough to undergo a second operation...
With the cancer apparently confined to so tiny a nodule, Urban needed to remove only the breast tissue itself, leaving intact the underlying muscle and adjacent tissue in the armpit. To be on the safe side, he sent lymph nodes from inside the breast for paraffin fixing and more microscopy, which proved negative as expected. Despite the surgeon's traditional caution, Urban felt free to say, "We honestly believe Mrs. Rockefeller is cancer free now, and will be free...