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TOTAL TRANSPLANT. HERE’S NICOLE. HELLO, THE POWER OF A SIMPLE WORD, A RARE FORM OF CANCER STOLE MARTY KEATING’S ABILITY TO SPEAK. I LOST MY VOICE COMPLETELY FOR ABOUT. SIX MONTHS. THEN IT CAME BACK.

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NEWBURYPORT - A Haverhill man spent a decade barely able to speak following a partial laryngectomy to battle cancer. He can now speak thanks to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. He became just the third ...

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PHOENIX, Ariz. — On Feb. 29, Mayo Clinic marked a milestone: its first larynx transplant. It is only the third transplant of its kind in the United States and the first done on a patient with cancer.

For years, Marty Kedian had been without a voice. Kedian, who hails from Haverhill, Mass., has undergone dozens of surgeries while being treated for a rare form of laryngeal cancer. As a result, he ...

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Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City. A Massachusetts man can speak again after his cancerous larynx was removed and replaced in a rare procedure, the Mayo Clinic announced ...