Years later, Philomena goes to the U.S. to search for her lost son, who has become a lawyer and Republican politician.

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"Previously, the community was too Anglicised - clinging to English traditions and customs, " explains Philomena Eaton, convenor of the Calcutta Anglo-Indian Service Society.

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Deveaux's Beverly Hills oncologist, Dr. Philomena McAndrew, agrees options are limited.

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Earlier this week, Pinknews.co.uk reported that students at St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls in Carshalton were "encouraged" to sign the "anti-equality pledge" by the school's headmistress.

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In the movie, Ms. Dench plays an Irish woman, Philomena Lee, who becomes pregnant as a teenager in 1952 and is forced to give up her child for adoption.

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One of the first Dutch cabinet member from born outside the country - Surinam-born Philomena Bijlhout, who becomes Secretary of State for Families and Emancipation - is also from the LPF.

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Dr. PHILOMENA McANDREW (Oncologist): Part of the reason is that we don't have specific targeted therapy that we can use in addition to the chemotherapy, the general chemotherapy that will act to further reduce the risk of spread overtime as well as reduce the risk of a new breast cancer in the other breast.

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