The poor woman has battled four kinds of cancer since 2000: breast, skin (melanoma), ovarian (stage 4) and liver.

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In early-stage testing quinolones had caused liver and joint damage in young rats and dogs.

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By the time a biopsy confirms the diagnosis, the disease is in its chronic stage, often with severe scarring of the liver and the threat of cancer and death.

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Merck also announced it had canceled a mid-stage study of its migraine drug telcagepant, viewed as promising, because of elevated levels of liver enzymes in study participants.

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Stage four ovarian cancer presented in 2004, and a few months ago it had spread to her liver.

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By stage IV, the cancer has spread beyond your skin to other organs, such as your lungs or liver.

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