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One family's fight

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The battle for the best health care for Jean Hodson, journalist Ann Curry's sister, brought the sisters closer together. Jean expressed her fear upon hearing the diagnosis and Ann and their sister Lola Amacher became Jean's advocates in getting the best medical care.

Author: Clehane, Diane
Publisher: Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing
Publication Name: Rosie
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 1534-696X
Year: 2001
Family, Curry, Ann, Journalists

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Sister act

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Twelve-year-old Abigail and her sister, ten-year-old Adrienne co-wrote a book of how their family coped while their mother had breast cancer. The writers offer advice for other young people who are going through the regimen of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.

Author: Thompson, Tracy
Publisher: Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing
Publication Name: Rosie
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 1534-696X
Year: 2001
Authors, Writers, Sisters

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Love never dies

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Phylicia Rashad was deeply saddened when her friend Madeline Kahn died of ovarian cancer in 1999. She has become a spokesperson for the Ovarian National Cancer Alliance to help improve awareness about the disease.

Author: Clehane, Diane
Publisher: Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing
Publication Name: Rosie
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 1534-696X
Year: 2001
Health aspects, Personal narratives, Biography, Ovarian cancer, Television actors and actresses, Television actors, Rashad, Phylicia, Kahn, Madeline

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Subjects list: Care and treatment, United States, Behavior, Breast cancer, Cancer patients
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