09-28-08 07:34: Bob Ackley to James Bradley, "Testicular Cancer"

 BA> My sister says he has a sqamous cell sarcoma in his hip and
 BA> another one in his lung.  Since squamous cells are skin cells
 BA> neither tumor is supposed to be where
 BA> it is.  He had a squamous cell tumor removed from behind his
 BA> ear a year or so ago, apparently it has spread.  He seems to be
 BA> doing OK, and will start chemo next week.

It's amazing how prevalent cancer has become. I heard a few times now, close to
1/2 of us guys, and well over 1/3 of women are predicted to contract some form.
(These are only the figures I use to ballpark-recall the report.)  Maybe, the
number of diagnosis is increasing due to our curiosity in medical conditions,
as "natural causes" doesn't seem to be reported as a cause of death like it
used to. To me, a lightning strike seems more 'natural' than a skin tumour in a
lung.

Anyway, and no less, I hope the best to your BIL!

You're doing all right?


... James
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