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Carole was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2020 shortly after retiring. The diagnosis came as a shock in no small part because Carole hadn’t smoked in over 40 years, and even then only socially. Curious about factors that cause lung cancer, Carole had her home tested for radon – a leading cause of lung cancer – and learned that the …
Shirley Mooney was first diagnosed with large B-cell lymphoma in 2008. She responded well to chemotherapy and, after six sessions, went into remission. Eleven years later, however, the cancer returned. Adding to the difficulty of her situation, Shirley experienced life-threatening complications during chemotherapy. This required a change of treatment to a stem cell transplant, which was effective. Though she was …
In 2014, Sandra was diagnosed with stage four lymphoma that manifested in her kidney. She never thought anything like cancer would happen to her. “You hear the word cancer and it slams into your consciousness like a bullet”, she says. Her doctors explained that the lymphoma was not terminal, so that offered Sandra some relief and a feeling like she …
Mark Domko stays in good shape, doesn’t smoke, doesn’t drink, and gets regular checkups with his doctor. That’s why his prostate cancer diagnosis came as such a shock in 2014. A biopsy soon confirmed it was a fast-growing cancer and Mark was scheduled for a radical prostatectomy and hormone therapy.
