Top justice is treated for cancer, court says
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WASHINGTON Chief Justice William Rehnquist has thyroid cancer and has undergone an operation on his trachea in the course of treatment, the US Supreme Court announced Monday.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who was released from the hospital last week after undergoing a tracheotomy because of thyroid cancer, disclosed yesterday
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick talks to Dr. Paul Ladenson professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md., about US Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist&#39;s surgery over the weekend for treatment of thyroid cancer.
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The prognosis for William H. Rehnquist, the 80-year-old Supreme Court chief justice who is being treated for thyroid cancer, depends on the specific type of cancer he has, thyroid experts said in interviews yesterday.
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US Chief Justice William Rehnquist, undergoing radiation and chemotherapy for thyroid cancer, said he was unable to return to work at the Supreme Court on Monday as he had initially hoped.
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Today, the Supreme Court announced that Chief Justice William Rehnquist has thyroid cancer and had a tracheotomy Saturday. Although expected to be back on the bench next week, at 80 years old, many wonder how long Rehnquist&#39;s tenure will last.
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Word of a US Supreme Court justice&#39;s battle with cancer raises curiosity about a type of the disease we hear little about. There&#39;s not a lot of information on the degree of Chief Justice William Rehnquist&#39;s
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist is in hospital after undergoing throat surgery for thyroid cancer.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has cut back on his workload while receiving treatment for thyroid cancer, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said Monday.
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Thyroid cancer, a relatively uncommon illness that has stricken Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, will be diagnosed in about 23,600 Americans this year, according to the American Cancer Society (news - web sites).
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U.S. Chief Justice William  Rehnquist, the leader of the Supreme Court's conservative  majority, has undergone surgery for thyroid cancer, suddenly  throwing a political spotlight on the highest court in the land  just eight days before the presidential election.
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist did not return to the Supreme Court on Monday as promised, a sign that he could be suffering from a serious form of thyroid cancer.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was sent home Friday after spending a week in the hospital for treatment of thyroid cancer. The illness, revealed about a week before the
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His cancer surgery over the weekend reminds us that Chief Justice William Rehnquist, appointed to the Supreme Court by President Nixon, is not going to be on the court forever.
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Although the US Supreme Court has not indicated what type of thyroid cancer Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has, some experts in the field said they hope news of his illness will spark
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Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, has thyroid cancer and is undergoing treatment at Bethesda Naval Hospital, two senior government officials told CNN.
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U.S. Chief Justice William  Rehnquist, 80, has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and is in  the hospital after undergoing a tracheotomy, the Supreme Court  said in a statement on Monday.