Cardinal Bernardin Ends Cancer Therapy
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin said he stopped receiving chemotherapy a week ago after a scan showed that it had not retarded the growth of his terminal pancreatic cancer. Bernardin, 68, the nation’s senior active Roman Catholic prelate and leader of Chicago’s 2.3 million Catholics, said his doctors now indicate that he cannot expect to live more than six or seven months.
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