Health

You Can’t Finish If You Don’t Start

Published on November 10, 2015

"I was not going to let cancer keep me from reaching my goal."

"I was not going to let cancer keep me from reaching my goal."

By carstories

“I was not going to let cancer keep me from reaching my goal.”

Amy was all set to run the 2015 Boston Marathon. But a breast cancer diagnosis threatened to take her out of the race. Thanks to a groundbreaking clinical trial at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, she crossed the finish line in Boston and is winning her race towards a cure.

 

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