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Tue 06 Jun 2004Cancer revolution brings hope for allMedical advancesCancer is becoming a chronic disease rather than a sudden acute illness eased only by death. Sylvia Thompson reportsIt used to be called "the big C" but even such a euphemism didn't lessen the profound shock of a cancer diagnosis, the chilling fear of treatment and the all-encompassing terror of a sudden and painful death.