I’m Not Average: Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Who Defies the Odds

According to his doctor, Warren Littrel should have died several years ago. Instead, Warren recently celebrated his fifth anniversary of his diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer. Before the...
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I'm Not Average: Matt May Have Cancer, but Cancer Doesn’t Have Him

When Matt Ellefson developed a cough, he didn’t think much of it. He just assumed it was caused by the cold winter air, but as the weeks passed by his cough lingered. Then he began coughing up blood.
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I'm Not Average: Marina Is Living Well in Spite of Stomach Cancer

When Marina Symcox was diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) she was given no hope. In the late 1990’s, there were no effective treatments for GIST - a rare and very deadly type of...
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I'm Not Average: 13 Years Later, Jamie Is Still Here

Jamie Pires fainted in her doctor’s office when she was told she has Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), a cancer the starts inside the bone marrow. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Even her doctor...
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I’m Not Average Campaign Hits Close to Home

My grandmother, better known as Mema, passed away from lung cancer nearly four years ago on December 19, 2010. Exactly 24 hours after my birthday.
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