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Alec Lopata’s Bands Battling Cancer Event

Alec Lopata

Alec Lopata remembers being really confused when he heard his friend Jack had leukemia. He told me it was the first time he had encountered the idea of someone having a deadly disease among his community of family and friends. Alec was 11-years-old and, as he put it, “I was just a normal, naïve 6th ...

Rachel Morrissey’s Birthday Wish

Rachel Morrissey will never forget the day she was diagnosed with melanoma. “It was the 16th of June and I went to the hospital for a fine needle biopsy. The doctor said I had nothing to really worry about because I was so young.” It was a statement supported by melanoma statistics: 7% of the ...

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