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Suggest 10%, 20% of kids in high school have tried an opiate for nonmedical reason. so it's really kind of explo exploding. >> oftentimes it starts with kids where mom and dad aren't around, they get something out of the medicine chest. right? >> it tends to be the most common ways. right. people leave pain medication, narcotic, opiates, in their medicine cabinet and before you know it, they're gone. they disappear and end up at pill parties. >> yeah. and how many times have people -- have you heard people say well, you know, all these warnings about addiction, it's all in your head? well as i...

Showed there was a cancer -- or a growth, a tumor on my liver. and they did a pet scan and that kind of lights up a bad place and it lit up. so they're pretty sure that there was a cancer before they operated on august the 3rd and removed it. the tumor was only about 2 1/2 cubic centimeters but they removed cubic centimeters, which is about a tenth of my liver. they did a biopsy and found out it was indeed cancer and it was melano melanoma. and they had a very high situation then and now that the melanoma started somewhere else on my body and spread to the liver. the doctors tell me that about...

Cancer or a growth, a tumor, on my liver, and they did a p.e.t. scan, and that kind of lights up a bad place, and it lit up, so they're pretty sure there was a cancer before they operated on august the 3rd and removed it. the tumor was only 2.5 cubic centimeters and they removed about 85 cubic centimeters which is a tenth of my liver, and they did a biopsy and found out it was, indeed, cancer, and it was melanoma. and they had a very high suspicion then and now that the melanoma started somewhere else on my body and spread to the liver. the doctors tell me about 98% of all melanoma is skin can...

The former president was unabashed, personal, sometimes emotional and sometimes even funny despite the news. listen. >> in may i went down to guy and a to help with an election, and i had a very bad cold. i came back to emory. they checked me over and in the process they did a complete physical examination and an mri showed there was a cancer or growth, a tumor, on my liver. they did a p.e.t. scan, and that lights up a bad place, and it lit up. so they were pretty sure there was a cancer before they operated on august the 3rd and removed it. the tumor was only about 2 1/2 cubic seven at thic c...

Melanoma that enhances the activity of the anti-immune system. and this is medicine that's been approved in the united states. there are similar ones that have also been tested in europe. they will also continue to scan other parts of my body with mri and cat scan and pet scan to see if and where the melanoma originated and so that will be an ongoing examination of my body for the next number of months, i presume, if that goes on that long. dr. david lawson is a specialist on melanoma and dr. curren is a