Doctor challenges colleagues on necessity of mastectomies
Dr. Oliver Cope, Harvard Medical School professor and former MGH acting chief of surgery, challenged mastectomy as the only breast cancer option. He argued limited surgery plus radiation and chemotherapy yield comparable survival, prompting ethics scrutiny and decades of debate.
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Boston
Oliver Cope
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cope
Massachusetts Medical Society
University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco
Oliver
Retired surgeon Cope questions mastectomy outcomes and advocates alternatives
The former acting chief of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital challenges fellow physicians for overreliance on lab results and urges alternative breast cancer treatments. He notes 75 percent mortality after mastectomy, supports radiation and chemotherapy, and remains active in research comparing mortality across treatment paths.
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Cope
MGH
Alice Cope
Community notices round Odessa area September events and programs
Odessa groups announce programs and volunteering needs including Meals on Wheels homebound meals contact Odessa College campus, sewing classes start Sept 14 at Interfaith Sewing Center, volunteer teachers needed, Odessa Women Armed for Self Protection meeting Sept 1, hospital minister orientation Sept 8, Women’s Auxiliary orientation, Permian Basin Model Railroad Association Sept 14 meeting with film showings, Junior Volunteers Odessa Women’s and Children’s Hospital meeting Sept 8, nursing home volunteer calls, Nathaniel Davis Chapter DAR Sept 12 Constitution Week, W.I.L.L widows group Sept at Bethany Church with speaker, Permian Basin Porcelain Art Club year start Sept 13 with guest artist, Odessa Chapter 447 Eastern Star meetings Sept 7 and Friendship Night Sept 12 with covered dish supper.
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Permian Basin Model Railroad Association
Ector County
Lionel
Jim Murphy
Santa
Permian Basin Porcelain Art Club
Odessa College
Evelyn Provine
Las Cruces
N.M
Odessa
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
West Ninth St
All Eastern Star
Merle Beard
Alan Hayes
Copycat Chili Sauce From Grand’s Tomato Vinegar Mix
Dear Cecily notes a Kentucky Cook query for a store bought like chili sauce. The recipe uses ripe tomatoes, vinegar, spices, sugar, onion and cayenne, simmered in two batches then bottled and processed in a water bath to yield about six pints.
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Associated Press
Cecily
Kentucky
Seniors plan events at Ector County Senior Center
The Ector County Senior Center in Odessa outlines a month of activities for seniors including Senior Citizens Day at the Fair on Sept 17 with a 1 p.m. grounds opening and a 7 p.m. Extravaganza on the outdoor stage north of the Coliseum featuring Ms Majesty and Guys and Dolls. The center also announces money and investments meetings on Aug 21 and Sept 24, a Beginners Ceramics Workshop Sept 3 10 and 17, a Quilting Bee starting Sept 7, an Oct 17 Annual Bazaar, and ongoing employment opportunities through the center.
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Ector County Senior Center
N. Adams St
Ms. Majesty
Mitch Miller
Rhythmettes
Georgia Brown
Dark Town Strutters
Eyes of
Texas
Tailtwisters
Janet Franklin
Mildred Smith
Smith
Boston fern care tips from 1981 Sun Times
Fern expert Richard Delano explains how Boston ferns and Nephrolepis exaltata varieties create varied moods from formal to casual. He covers temperature 60 to 70 degrees, light needs, soil moisture, fertilizing schedule, propagation by division, lighting for new plants, and water quality changes to revive drooping fronds.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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