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• Justice Fairhurst battling lung cancer with radiation

  October 9, 2011 in Region on Page B2 OLYMPIA – Washington state Supreme Court Justice Mary Fairhurst is being treated for lung cancer. She has been going to a radiation clinic every day for the past seven weeks …

• Test may hold key to determine lung cancer risk

  April 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Scientists may have found a way to tell which smokers are at highest risk of developing lung cancer: measuring a telltale genetic change inside their windpipes. A test …

• Radon remains a silent danger

    March 8, 2009 on Page A1 As Debbie Greenman lay on her stomach, the doctor pushed a needle through her back to extract a bit of lung tissue. She was nervous yet confident about the biopsy.

• Uneasy breathing

  November 20, 2007 in Features on Page D1 A few weeks ago, during the height of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it was hard to go anywhere without seeing a sea of pink. Pink Campbell’s Soup cans at the …