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The quote says that cancer affects a person in many ways, not just physically. It emphasizes that the disease can become the central force in a patient's daily life. It also suggests that this effect is hard to escape.
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Originally said in English.
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Books by Tom Brokaw
The Greatest Generation
2001
Boom!
2007
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2005
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2001