Maureen Bateman, a teacher who went public about her battle with breast cancer to inspire others after a near-fatal chemotherapy overdose put her case in the news, has died at age 55.
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Bateman, who lived in North Andover, died of cancer Wednesday at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.She and Betsy A. Lehman, health columnist for The Boston Globe, received overdoses of a cancer drug in November 1994 at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They were both taking part in an experimental chemotherapy program.