"Cancer cost me my job." (employment discrimination against cancer patients; includes advice for preventing cancer-related job discrimination)(Special Report)

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People battling cancer are frequently victims of employment discrimination. More than 1,000 suits were filed between Jul 1992 and Mar 1995 in which discrimination against a cancer patient was charged. Women cancer patients seem to be victimized more frequently than their male counterparts.

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Ovarian cancer: what's your risk?

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Ovarian cancer is not common, but it is dangerous. Only about 20% of patients with ovarian cancer survive five years. A transvaginal ultrasound or a CA-125 test can help diagnose ovarian cancer, but the possibility of a false result exists.

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Surviving breast cancer: seven extraordinary women talk about going on

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Former Miss Oklahoma Du Sharme Carter, producer Linda Ellerbee, golfer Shelley Hamlin, actress Phyllis Newman, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, physician Ursula Seinige and author Joyce Wadler discuss how they survived breast cancer.

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