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Janice Hudnell-Davis: Listening to the Body Leads to Detection of Pancreatic Cancer | #fox chase #patient story

Janice Hudnell-Davis: Listening to the Body Leads to Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

Janice Hudnell-Davis: Listening to the Body Leads to Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

In January 2022, I listened to my body, and it may have saved my life. I initially went to the doctor because I had hemorrhoids that had been acting up for about a week. Not only was an over-the-counter medication not working, but I had also noticed a change in the color of my stool. Toget
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Louise Buttaro: Prevailing Over Pancreatic Cancer | #fox chase #patient story

Louise Buttaro: Prevailing Over Pancreatic Cancer

Louise Buttaro: Prevailing Over Pancreatic Cancer

I’m 75 years old, which is pretty amazing when it comes to survivingpancreatic cancer, especially since I was diagnosed when I was 53.
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Jo Ann Bono: Two Cancers, One Positive Outcome | #fox chase #patient story

Jo Ann Bono: Two Cancers, One Positive Outcome

Jo Ann Bono: Two Cancers, One Positive Outcome

When COVID-19 hit, I decided it was time to retire from a lifetime of teaching art and do more traveling with my partner Joe. We purchased a tiny trailer and spent a year and a half visiting family and scenic vistas. Our travels were put on hold, however, when I was diagnosed with not one
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Larry Holman: Fighting Through a Rare Gastrointestinal Cancer | #fox chase #patient story

Larry Holman: Fighting Through a Rare Gastrointestinal Cancer

Larry Holman: Fighting Through a Rare Gastrointestinal Cancer

I’m an 83-year-old U.S. Navy veteran. I smoked for twenty-odd years until I was 35 years old, which left me with some lingering COPD. Ten years ago I had a heart attack and had a stent put in. So when I received my cancer diagnosis, it crossed my mind that it might be time to go into hos
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Michael Ples: Personalized Lymphoma Care Makes the Difference | #fox chase #patient story

Michael Ples: Personalized Lymphoma Care Makes the Difference

Michael Ples: Personalized Lymphoma Care Makes the Difference

My cancer journey started one day in the summer of 2022 when I discovered what felt like a pimple on the back of my neck. The next day, the “pimple” had vanished, but two weeks later it was back, and this time it didn’t go away. Over just a few days, it grew so rapidly that I finally
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Larry Cook: Early Screening Caught Rare Bile Duct Cancer | #fox chase #patient story

Larry Cook: Early Screening Caught Rare Bile Duct Cancer

Larry Cook: Early Screening Caught Rare Bile Duct Cancer

My wife Leslie and I are very proactive about our health, which is how I discovered I had bile duct cancer. About a decade ago, my older brother was diagnosed with prostate cancer and later developed issues with his bladder as well. My prostate-specific antigen levels have always been low,
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Rose Boyd-Young: Turning the Page After Breast Cancer | #fox chase #patient story

Rose Boyd-Young: Turning the Page After Breast Cancer

Rose Boyd-Young: Turning the Page After Breast Cancer

Like a lot of people in 2020, my mammogram was postponed due to the pandemic.
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Sandra Race: Success With Breast-Sparing Surgical Technology | #fox chase #patient story

Sandra Race: Success With Breast-Sparing Surgical Technology

Sandra Race: Success With Breast-Sparing Surgical Technology

I’ve always been a healthy, active person. I don’t take any medications, I eat the best I can, and I walk at least two miles every day. I also get my routine mammogram every year.
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Annie Miyazaki-Grant: Empathetic Breast Cancer Care Makes the Difference | #fox chase #patient story

Annie Miyazaki-Grant: Empathetic Breast Cancer Care Makes the Difference

Annie Miyazaki-Grant: Empathetic Breast Cancer Care Makes the Difference

In March 2022, my sister discovered a lump in her breast completely by accident. I consider myself pretty on top of these things, but I decided to do an impromptu self-exam and I also found a lump. From there, both of us went through mammograms, biopsies, and countless appointments before
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Valentino ‘Val’ Cardillo: Traveling Coast to Coast for Prostate Cancer Treatment and Adaptive Radiation Therapy | #fox chase #patient story

Valentino ‘Val’ Cardillo: Traveling Coast to Coast for Prostate Cancer Treatment and Adaptive Radiation Therapy

Valentino ‘Val’ Cardillo: Traveling Coast to Coast for Prostate Cancer Treatment and Adaptive Radiation Therapy

My decades-long career working for companies involved in the healthcare industry took me all over the United States, from the Northeast, to the Midwest, to the South. Years later, so did my cancer treatment, eventually leading me at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
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