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A photo caption in Tuesday’s Nevada section was in error for the story headlined, “Las Vegan first to try cancer drug.” The caption on page 5B should have read: Randy Irwin, 50, provides instructions to Damyn Chipman, 13, and Andrew Larsen, 12, with the cap, before an activity at Laser Quest on Saturday. Irwin, who has kidney cancer, recently learned an experimental treatment did not stop tumor growth.

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