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The area around the tonsils. he talked about this openly, he was a spomoker. he said he was trying to quit with his wife in 2006. smoking is a big risk. you have to put that near the top of the list. there are some cancers that are caused by viruss as well. but again given his history, that's probably what they're dealing with right now. >> eight weeks of chemo and radiati radiation, is that typical? >> yeah, it is fairly typical. one thing about this, joe. it's interesting. when if comes to the larynx or the speech box. people talk about surgeries for a lot of cancers or assumers. in order to...

Doctors say so far she is making great strides. listen. >> when gabby arrived last friday we have noticed daily improvements in her neurological condition. we're very pleased with that and in terms of recovery for brain issues, this is at lightning speed. >> reporter: i want to show you a picture we got in. this is mark kelly, the astronaut, holding her hand. this is last night during the state of the union address. we should know that gabrielle giffords is going to have a speech box or a tube put inside her breathing valve. that will help her speech a lot more in coming days and week. >> shep...