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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(6):500; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.6.500
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 6, 500, March 17, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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Cancer Strikes the Comic Pages

Katherine Arnold

Newspapers periodically print narratives of patients' struggles with cancer. Until June, readers of more than 400 newspapers can follow one woman's story in a rather unusual place — the comic pages.

The series, called "Lisa's Story," appears in the comic strip Funky Winkerbean and began in January when one of the characters, Lisa Moore, took a hard fall on her chest while playing football. She felt something odd when she fell, and the discomfort prompted her to do a self-breast exam. Finding a lump, she went to the doctor for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Not Just for Kids


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