41.   Four years later, he underwent surgery for lung cancer, followed by radiation therapy for a tumor in his brain, where lung cancer commonly spreads.

42.   Further examinations at the Sarah Cannon Cancer Center at Columbia Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, showed that the cancer has spread.

43.   He first had to probe for signs that the cancer had spread.

44.   Had there been any signs the cancer had spread, either in the scans or during surgery, they said they would have refused him a new liver.

45.   He looked to be improving and was watching Wimbledon every day, she said, but then he developed pneumonia and doctors found that the cancer had spread.

46.   He was relieved that the cancer had not spread beyond the prostate, and odds are high that he is cured.

47.   He was rehearsing new music with the Plastic People when he became ill again and doctors discovered that the cancer had spread to his brain.

48.   Her cancer had spread to the liver, ovaries and pelvic area.

49.   Her cancer had spread to the lymph nodes, and doctors recommended high-dose chemotherapy after a lumpectomy to excise the tumor.

50.   If caught early it can be successfully treated, but only about a fourth of all cases are detected before the cancer has spread into other organs.