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"After years of fighting cancer, Elizabeth Edwards has decided to stop treatment at the behest of her doctors. &amp;quot;Elizabeth has been advised by her doctors that further treatment of her cancer would be unproductive,&amp;quot; the Edwards family said in a statement. &amp;quot;She is resting at home with family and friends.&amp;quot; Edwards, who has three surviving children with presidential candidate John Edwards, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and in 2007 she announced the disease had spread to her ribs and hips, according to CNN.com. But doctors tragically told her recently that cancer treatments had become ineffective, and that she probably has mere weeks to live. Our hearts and prayers are with Ms. Edwards and her family and friends at this difficult time. - Alexandra Gekas, Associate Editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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