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...generally speaking, the results support the idea that the number of HIV particles found in an infected man's semen--though not in the saliva--is sufficient to be passed on through the mouth or throat. One likely route: the tonsils, which contain large numbers of the kinds of lymph cells favored by HIV and SIV. "We're not saying that oral exposure is more dangerous than anal exposure," notes Dr. Ruth Ruprecht of Dana-Farber. "What we're saying is that oral sex is not safe...
...Most women undergoing surgery for early stage OVARIAN CANCER are not thoroughly checked to see if the disease has spread to their abdomen and lymph nodes, a study shows. The step can make the difference between life and death...
HOSPITALIZED. PAUL TSONGAS, 55, ex-Oval Office seeker; for a bone-marrow transplant from his sister to fight infections brought on by his lymph cancer, now in remission; in Boston...
That relief was short-lived. Returning to his urologist for a diagnostic computer scan, Milken learned that his lymph nodes were swollen. A subsequent needle biopsy confirmed that the nodes were malignant. His cancer had metastasized, spread beyond the walls of his prostate; surgical removal of the gland would now really serve no purpose...
...time-release shot once a month." The results were dramatic. His PSA level dropped from 24 to 15, then to 10, 5 and 3, and by August, when he began undergoing supplementary radiation therapy, it stood at zero. The computer scans were also encouraging; they showed that his swollen lymph nodes had shrunk back to normal size. Milken's cancer was, and still is, in remission...