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Battling cancer: Melissa Duval, 4, shown here after cancer treatment in 1987, is in Greece to be treated by a doctor who claims his serum has cured patients
Battling cancer: Melissa Duval, 4, shown here after cancer treatment in 1987, is in Greece to be treated by a doctor who claims his serum has cured patients

Battling cancer: Melissa Duval, 4, shown here after cancer treatment in 1987, is in Greece to be treated by a doctor who claims his serum has cured patients

Date1/13/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Battling cancer: Melissa Duval; 4; shown here after cancer treatment in 1987; is in Greece to be treated by a doctor who claims his serum has cured patients.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0045081F
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