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At Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium in 1947, the baseball hero of the generation stood before an admiring crowd, deep in pain and emaciated from advancing cancer, not yet aware of what ailed him. In the dugout moments before, clad in a topcoat and golf hat, he suffered a coughing spell, then, pulling himself together, walked to home plate, mentally recalling the day Lou Gehrig had made the same trip. In fact, he was among the first patients anywhere to receive experimental chemotherapy, and some researchers say he was the first to receive a combination treatment of chemotherapy and radiation for his type of cancer. For Ruth, the chemotherapy worked dramatically -- but only temporarily. Nevertheless, knowledge gained from his case helped shape the combination therapy that is now standard for his disease. Myth of throat cancer But the images of a hoarse Ruth, perpetuated in audio and videotapes on the Internet, in movies and in sports broadcasts, in addition to his well-known smoking and drinking proclivities, have contributed to the myth that Ruth had throat cancer, which is generally taken to mean cancer of the larynx, or voice box

At Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium in 1947, the baseball hero of the generation stood before an admiring crowd, deep in pain and emaciated from advancing cancer, not yet aware of what ailed him. In the dugout moments before, clad in a topcoat and golf hat, he suffered a coughing spell, then, pulling himself together, walked to home plate, mentally recalling the day Lou Gehrig had made the same trip. This year, the 50th anniversary of Ruth's death, his sports legacy has been extolled again as baseball heroes of newer generations breezed past the home-run record the Babe [Ruth] held for 34 years, until 1961. But unknown to many, [Babe] Ruth also left a legacy in the annals of medical history. In fact, he was among the first patients anywhere to receive experimental chemotherapy, and some researchers say he was the first ever to receive a combination treatment of chemotherapy and radiation for his type of cancer. For Ruth, the chemotherapy worked dramatically -- but only temporarily. Nevertheless, knowledge gained from his case helped shape the combination therapy that is now standard for his disease. Shortly after his death, the nature of his disease became clear, and well publicized. Ruth suffered from a rare cancer, naso-pharyngeal, that arose in the air passages in the back of his nose and mouth

At Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium in 1947, the baseball hero of the generation stood before an admiring crowd, deep in pain and emaciated from advancing cancer, not yet aware of what ailed him. In the dugout moments before, clad in a topcoat and golf hat, he suffered a coughing spell, then, pulling himself together, walked to home plate, mentally recalling the day Lou Gehrig had made the same trip. In fact, he was among the first patients anywhere to receive experimental chemotherapy, and some researchers say he was the first ever to receive a combination treatment of chemotherapy and radiation for his type of cancer. For Ruth, the chemotherapy worked dramatically - but only temporarily. Nevertheless, knowledge gained from his case helped shape the combination therapy that is now standard for his disease. But the images of a hoarse Ruth, perpetuated in audio and videotapes on the Internet, in movies and in sports broadcasts, in addition to his well-known smoking and drinking proclivities, have contributed to the myth that Ruth had throat cancer, which is generally taken to mean cancer of the larynx, or voice box

In fact, he was among the first patients anywhere to receive experimental chemotherapy, and some researchers say he was the first ever to receive a combination treatment of chemotherapy and radiation for his type of cancer. For Ruth, the chemotherapy worked dramatically -- but only temporarily. Nevertheless, knowledge gained from his case helped shape the combination therapy that is now standard for his disease. But the images of a hoarse Ruth, perpetuated in audio and videotapes on the Internet, in movies and in sports broadcasts, in addition to his well-known smoking and drinking proclivities, have contributed to the myth that Ruth had throat cancer, which is generally taken to mean cancer of the larynx, or voice box. X-rays showed a large abnormality at the base of Ruth's skull. But several biopsies of tissues in his mouth showed nothing abnormal. Ruth's symptoms worsened. His neck enlarged from swollen lymph nodes. His jaw hurt when he ate and he was unable to swallow. Later, Ruth was fed intravenously. Although doctors were unable to diagnose Ruth's problem, they treated him with radiation. His hair fell out in chunks

The baby, Chijindu Chidera Chukwu, nicknamed Odera, took a sudden and critical turn for the worse Saturday night, after doctors moved her from a standard ventilator to a different type known as an oscillator in an unsuccessful effort to increase the amount of oxygen-rich blood in her body. Odera was the fifth of the octuplets born this month to Nkem Chukwu and her husband, Iyke Louis Udobi, who are from Nigeria and are U.S. citizens. Odera's condition began to deteriorate about the time that her mother visited all eight babies for the first time. Odera's name translated to 'God Has My Life,' the hospital said. Odera weighed 10.3 ounces and was 9.75 inches long when she was born at the hospital, which describes itself as the largest pediatric hospital in the United States