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Volume 348:566-567 February 6, 2003 Number 6
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Bicycle Racing

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To the Editor: The photograph by Gregory Curfman entitled "Echternach, Luxembourg" (Nov. 28 issue)1 was taken on July 7, 2002, during the first stage (Luxembourg to Luxembourg) of the most recent Tour de France.2,3 On the right side of the image, it is possible to recognize, wearing the leader's yellow jersey, the American champion of cycling and cancer survivor, Lance Armstrong.3,4 This picture led me to reflect — first, how medicine is important in facilitating a recovery to full health in a person affected by cancer; second, how the example of such a full recovery has been important psychologically to . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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