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I Have Seen Cancers Disappear'

When Steven Rosenberg was young, the Nazis killed his aunts and uncles one by one. When he was older, cancer killed his patients one by one. That connection just might save our lives

Written byJudith Newman and Kai Wiechmann

2001-05-01T05:00:00 | 1 min read

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