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Candidates and cancer: No longer a taboo combination in U.S. presidential politics

WASHINGTON: When the current U.S. presidential candidates were children, the word “cancer” — the Big C, as actor John Wayne called it when he disclosed his — was something of a taboo.
As adults, these candidates are discussing their various cancer battles with almost matter-of-fact candor, chatting about PSA tests and lymph nodes and the like […]