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...time Corazon Aquino died on Aug. 1 of colon cancer at the age of 76, People Power was so ingrained in our political consciousness that it acquired a patina of tired normalcy that hid its exceptional innovation, like electricity, say, or suitcases with wheels. Yet when Aquino led a sea of yellow-clad supporters to reclaim an election that had been stolen by strongman Ferdinand Marcos, not even the clearest-eyed political sage could have predicted that her actions would be the first crest in wave after wave of citizen-led, nonviolent movements that would reshape the world. (Read "People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corazon Aquino 1933-2009: The Saint of Democracy | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...Philippines is still a raucous political hothouse. And every now and then it seems to return to the brink. But the dire days of deadly coup plots are over. Corazon Aquino died a revered figure, after an excruciating struggle with colon cancer, in a hospital in the Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People Power's Philippine Saint: Corazon Aquino | 8/1/2009 | See Source »

This was our winner until we got past the colon. All downhill from there...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks | Title: Hoopes-la | 5/15/2009 | See Source »

Kerr looked at the usefulness of the test in more than 1,000 Stage 2 colon-cancer patients. At this stage, the cancer has penetrated the colon wall but has not spread beyond the colon into the lymph nodes or nearby tissues. About 90% of Stage 2 patients survive five years beyond the diagnosis. In almost all cases, surgeons remove the cancer first; studies have shown that surgery alone can cure four out of five cases of Stage 2 colon cancer. But how do patients know if they are the outlying fifth case or if they are among the fortunate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: First Test for Colon-Cancer Recurrence | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

...latter capability is something the colon-cancer screen doesn't have - yet. But it's something that Dr. Leonard Saltz, a colon-cancer expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, believes is necessary to make the test truly useful for doctors and patients. "What this test clearly does is tell people that you have a greater likelihood of being in the group that is at high risk or low risk of having a recurrence, but it doesn't tell you that your risk will change if you get chemo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: First Test for Colon-Cancer Recurrence | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

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