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Rose fighting pancreatic cancer

ESPN.com news services

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

BYU basketball coach Dave Rose has been diagnosed with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor cancer. The university said in a statement on Wednesday that Rose's family announced that tests from emergency surgery he had earlier this month to stop internal bleeding were positive for cancer. Rose had his spleen and a portion of his pancreas removed during the surgery. Rose, 51, returned to Utah last weekend to undergo additional testing at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City and is recupera ...

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