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Kidney Cancer Patient Stories
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- Edward Babiarz
- Edward Bandtlow
- Raymond Bebak
- Patti Callahan
- Shirley Danner
- Louis Della Penna
- Marion Evans
- Berch Harris
- Angela Fedele
- Nancy Finnegan
- Roger Grooms
- Paul Kobie
- William Krassan
- Ray Jastemski
- Howard Kulp
- Arlene Lepore
- Matt Lofland
- Tom Malloy
- Ken Navatta
- Joe Riehs
- Jack Pressman
- John Roley
- Arkady Shteyman
- Tony Sundermeier
- Carolyn Tonic-Robinson
- Joe Weiss
- Arhonda Williams
- Daniel Wolfson
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Ken Navatta
It didn't seem possible that there could be an upside to having Stage 4 renal cancer. But sitting in Dr. Robert Uzzo's office at Fox Chase Cancer Center in August 2010, Ken Navatta and his wife Laura heard that there was plenty of ammunition to fight the cancer that had started in Ken's kidney and moved aggressively to his lungs. And, that thanks to his otherwise good health and young age (he was 49), Ken was a prime candidate for surgery and treatment.
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Edward Babiarz
Renal Cell CarcinomaEd Babiarz felt as though he was freefalling. It was June 7, 2011 and he about was to turn 50 in October. He got a call at work from his doctor with upsetting news. He had recently undergone a CAT Scan to diagnosis numbness in his leg. To everyone's surprise, the test revealed revealed a tumor on Ed's left kidney. “The word 'cancer' brought with it feelings of disbelief, despair and a total loss of control,” recalled Ed. “That was followed by fear, anger, resentment and then, finally, hope became vocabulary in my cancer journey.”
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Edward Bandtlow
Up until July 2008, Ed Bandtlow, a busy executive career coach, had been ignoring the suspicious spot on his face. A physician friend finally told Ed that he was long overdue to see a dermatologist. Ed, who admittedly dragged his feet too long, looked on-line for a young doctor who used cutting edge techniques. Dr. Perlis diagnosed Ed with squamous cell carcinoma (non-melanoma skin cancer) on the left side of his face. But that was only the beginning.
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Raymond Bebak
With more than 20 years experience as a mechanical engineer at Boeing, Raymond Bebak embraces new technology. So when Ray learned he had kidney cancer, he looked for a treatment facility with the most experienced surgeons who use sophisticated tools and the latest technology.
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Patti Callahan
Patti Callahan doesn't consider herself an alarmist. But when ongoing symptoms of persistent back pain were followed with incidents of stress incontinence, she knew something wasn't right. Although a bulging disc and 2 pregnancies could have accounted for both symptoms, Patti's family doctor ordered a renal and pelvic ultrasound in June of 2009. It revealed what she had feared, a small lesion in the mid to upper section of her left kidney. A CT scan confirmed a 2.3 centimeter mass suspicious for renal cell carcinoma.
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