what blood disease does robin roberts have?
Myelodysplastic syndrome
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 Robson defeated bowel cancer in 1992 , a malignant melanoma in 1995 , and a tumour in his right lung and a brain tumour , both in 2006 . Treatment of these conditions had left him partially paralysed due to a stroke caused by the brain tumour , and also with a partially prosthetic upper jaw after the melanoma was surgically removed . His fifth diagnosis of cancer in 2007 , consisting of cancerous nodules in both lungs , was diagnosed as terminal in February 2007 , and as of December 2008 was being controlled through bouts of chemotherapy . After these experiences , and following his fifth diagnosis with cancer , Robson devoted the remaining years of his life to helping fight the disease . On 25 March 2008 , he launched the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation . By November 2008 , the Foundation had raised £ 1 million . The money raised by the Foundation funded equipment for the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre , in the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne , and would go on to fund other cancer projects in the North East of England . 

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 Fox manages the symptoms of his Parkinson 's disease with the drug carbidopa / levodopa , and he also had a thalamotomy in 1998 . 

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 Davis called the 1990s a " time of transition on Sesame Street " . Several people involved in the show from its beginnings died during this period : Jim Henson in 1990 at the age of 53 " from a runaway strep infection gone stubbornly , foolishly untreated " ; songwriter Joe Raposo from non @-@ Hodgkin 's lymphoma fifteen months earlier ; long @-@ time cast member Northern Calloway of cardiac arrest in January 1990 ; puppeteer Richard Hunt of AIDS in early 1992 ; CTW founder and producer David Connell of bladder cancer in 1995 ; director Jon Stone of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 1997 ; and writer Jeff Moss of colon cancer in 1998 . 

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 In June 2014 , Lane announced that she was pregnant and Kylie would be written out of the show while the actress took maternity leave . Coronation Street producer Stuart Blackburn met with Lane and devised an exit storyline . He had already planned a story for the character and Lane said her departure added more scope and improved the story . Peter Dyke from the Daily Star announced that Kylie would become addicted to prescription medication . Her son Max is diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed medication to control the condition . Kylie struggles to cope with her home life and takes some of Max 's medication . Blackburn told Dyke that " Kylie hits a really low point . She is utterly ashamed and husband David is disgusted when he finds out . " He added called it the character 's worst ever decision and warned of troublesome consequences . Blackburn used the story to depict the effects of addictions to such medication . It has a " devastating effect " on Kylie and impacts on her health herself and the rest of the Platt family . 

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 Thomas died at noon on 9 November , still in a coma . A post mortem gave the primary cause of death as pneumonia , with pressure on the brain and a fatty liver as contributing factors . 
