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March 31, 2020

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivor Copes With Coronavirus Pandemic

Phyllis Alsterberg was recently treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She hasn’t left her home in New York City much since the coronavirus outbreak started because she has a weakened immune system and she’s worried about getting sick.

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March 2, 2020

Future Defenses Against Colorectal Cancer May Include a Vaccine and Genetic Engineering

To help both the death and diagnosis rates of colorectal cancer drop—and to help those who develop it survive and thrive—the American Cancer Society (ACS) funds the research of scientists across the country who use the latest evidence and cutting-edge technology to help prevent and treat CRC. Here are two of their stories.

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May 23, 2019

Prostate Cancer Survivor Reflects on Life After Treatment: ‘I’m still me.’

Brian Glennon says he’s still the same Sinatra-loving, Broadway-going, basketball-coaching 63-year-old man who is grateful for the love of his family. Glennon was diagnosed with prostate cancer after a higher-than-average PSA result prompted him and his doctor to monitor his PSA level more closely.

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October 10, 2018

A Pioneer in Developing Drugs for People with T-Cell Lymphoma

Owen A. O'Connor, MD, PhD, was awarded the prestigious American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor grant in July 2018. He was selected because of his expertise and ongoing work to develop drugs to improve treatments for people with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. He's a professor and researcher at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, New York.

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May 2, 2018

Studies Examine Possible Cancer Risks for Firefighters at World Trade Center

Two studies examine whether exposure to chemicals from the wreckage of the World Trade Center during rescue and recovery work after the September 11, 2001 attacks increased firefighters’ risk of developing cancer.

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November 2, 2017

Caregiver Faces Challenge: Husband and Son Both Diagnosed With Cancer

The Flemings' world was turned upside down when their son Alex, age 20, was diagnosed with testicular cancer and just one month later Shawn, age 45, was diagnosed with bone cancer.

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August 8, 2017

Young Thyroid Cancer Survivor Pursues Education Goals

Michelle Rodriguez, 20, is determined nothing will stop her from her lifelong goal of being the first one in her family to get a college degree – not even a diagnosis of thyroid cancer.

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October 27, 2016

Lung Cancer Survivor Copes With Unexpected Diagnosis

When her doctor told Julie Genovesi she had lung cancer, she was in complete denial. She argued with him, and told him to re-check the scans.

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