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Memorial Service Held for Dr. David Hanson David G. Hanson, MD, chair of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery at The Feinberg School of Medicine from 1989–2000, died July 10 of pancreatic cancer. He was 58. A memorial service was held Monday, July 15, at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, where he was a deacon. A native…

June 20, 2002 University Receives Grant to Study Oral Cancer CHICAGO— Oral cancer currently accounts for almost 6 percent of all malignancies, and its incidence is increasing worldwide. At least 90 percent of oral cancers are squamous cell carcinomas that originate from the oral epithelium, a thin lining of cells that covers tissues in the…