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	Man with Face-Eating Tumor may have hope of survival...

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5-23-2008 10:45 AM

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agirlanddherdogs says:

wow!! It's amazing this poor guy lived so long already!! I hope the surgery goes ok!!

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                      man with no face" - has been given new hope by the 
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                      Jose Mestre, from Lisbon, Portugal, has been losing his 
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                      The tumor on 51-year-old Jose's face is a collection of 
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