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Gynecologic Malignancies

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  • Dara Barr

    Dara Barr

    Fallopian Tube Cancer

    After losing both parents to cancer, Dara Barr had anticipated that she would be diagnosed with cancer some day. In September 2006 her journey began after she received a diagnosis of Stage 2 C fallopian tube cancer.

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  • Judee Bushko

    Judee Bushko

    Endometrial Cancer

    Although Judee Bushko had not experienced dramatic symptoms prior to being diagnosed with stage 3-C endometrial cancer, she had a feeling that something wasn't right. "I started to experience some spotting," said Judee, who turned 63 in 2011. Despite her normal exam with a Pap smear in January 2007, she went back to her doctor in November, who sent her for a vaginal ultrasound. After the exam, her doctor ordered further testing.

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  • Tanya Dwyer

    Tanya Dwyer

    Choriocarcinoma

    Tanya Dwyer was treated in 2004 for a rare type of cancer affecting younger women, called choriocarcinoma, in Philadelphia. Choriocarcinomas usually occur in the reproductive organs and develop from cells that would typically turn into eggs in a woman's uterus. These cells usually grow quickly and spread widely.

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  • Connie Jackley

    Connie Jackley

    In 1995, Connie and Michael Jackley experienced life's greatest pain as they lost their only child, Rachel, 21, to cancer. Several years later, when Connie was diagnosed with cancer herself, she did not have the desire to fight. Thankfully, Dr. James Watson, a surgical oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center, entered the picture and inspired her to keep fighting when she felt like she had nothing left to give. He performed multiple surgeries on Connie over the years to keep her alive and well. Connie now considers Dr. Watson a friend.

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  • Kathy Kelk

    Kathy Kelk

    Endometrial Cancer

    It's never too late to take a mother's advice. That is who urged Kathy Kelk to go to the gynecologist when she noticed some spotting in June 2010 at the age of 62. "I really didn't think much of it," she recalled. "I probably would have ignored it, but I asked my mother if she'd ever spotted after menopause. She said no, but suggested I get it checked out."

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