11.   She contracted lung cancer a year ago and has been given only a few months to live.

12.   Studies of women who took estrogen over long periods have recently produced conflicting findings about their chances of contracting breast cancer.

13.   They say the blueprint is no less appropriate than the Surgeon General warning smokers about the potential dangers of contracting lung cancer.

14.   They say consumers sometimes do not understand the limitations of the coverage and can have a difficult time collecting even when they do contract cancer.

15.   Thomas Sr., a Purple Heart recipient, contracted cancer around the time of the first arrest and died two years later.

16.   With local residents contracting cancer and experiencing an array of serious health concerns, Brockovich convinces her boss, rumpled attorney Ed Masry, to pursue the case.

17.   Other workers may have contracted cancer because of exposure to PCBs or other dangerous chemicals, but they will not be eligible to apply for the federal benefits.

18.   El-Saeed contracted cancer several years ago.

19.   Encountering dozens of such families on their trail through hospitals made them and others suspect increasingly that contracting certain cancers might have something to do with their environment.

20.   More people in Jordan contracted cancer than ever before.