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Cancer Boss

Published September 16, 2009 at 5:00 AM PDT

Dr. John Ruckdeschel is a leading researcher on lung cancer and led the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit before taking up the reins at the
Nevada Cancer Institute, where he's now chief executive officer. Dr.
Ruckdeschel talks with Marshall Allen of the Las Vegas Sun about the search for cancer cures, his career in research and his thinking about health care reform.

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