West Bengal Power Minister Mrinal Banerjee dead
West Bengal's Power and Non-Conventional Energy Minister and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Mrinal Banerjee died of colon cancer at a private hospital here Wednesday, party sources said. He was 72.
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What you need to know about cancer of the colon
When actress Audrey Hepburn died from colon cancer years ago, her death drew nationwide attention to a sobering reality: Cancer of the colon or rectum (also called colorectal or large bowel cancer) often doesn't cause noticeable symptoms until it has reached an advanced stage.
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NIOSH to consider Hanford petition for former weapons workers
Two sisters, whose father was a former Hanford worker and died of colon cancer, have filed a petition they hope will make it easier for Hanford workers to get compensation for cancers potentially caused by radiation exposure.
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Dr. George Roveti, 79
Dr. George C. Roveti, former chief of the department of medicine and director of the coronary care and progressive care units at the old Church Hospital, died of colon cancer Wednesday at his Cross Keys apartment. He was 79.
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