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Old allies against cancer, Jay, Maggie gain ground

By Megan Woolhouse
Globe Staff / February 25, 2007

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The parallels are striking. Maggie, a golden retriever, worked as a therapy dog visiting children at University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center until she was diagnosed last fall with cancer. To remove it would have meant removing nearly her entire snout. (Full article: 432 words)

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