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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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Howard Kulp
Howard Kulp knows how to successfully navigate his way through life. In his younger days, Howard successfully operated a couple of IGA grocery stores. He later sold them and purchased bowling lanes. Once they were profitable, he sold them and moved on to the water business. Until he retired in 1997, Howard worked as an independent contractor selling bottled water. It seemed Howard knew how to manage the future.
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Arlene Lepore
With her husband recently retired, Arlene Lepore was ready to explore the world. "I just love to travel - and we were in great health," explained Arlene. She sold their house in Cherry Hill and moved permanently to the Jersey shore.
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Matthew Lofland
Kidney Cancer, da Vinci® Robotic-Assisted SurgeryAt 43, Matt Lofland worked out regularly to stay fit and active. So when he noticed some back pain on his left side, he didn’t think much of it. “I figured I just twisted my back when I was running,” he recalled. But the pain persisted, along with numbness down his left leg.
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Thomas Malloy
Kidney CancerThe way Margaret Malloy sees it, her husband Tom wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for Alexander Kutikov, MD, an oncologic surgeon who specializes in treating patients with kidney cancer using minimally invasive techniques whenever possible.
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Jack Pressman
Jack Pressman was diligent about having an annual physical exam. As the owner of a Minuteman Press, in Bala Cynwyd, PA, he could not afford to be sick. In 2009, when Jack and his wife Donna learned that his PSA blood work came back with elevated numbers, they grew concerned. PSA numbers often indicate a risk of prostate cancer. A second round of testing sent Jack to a urologist for a biopsy. That is when Jack learned he had prostate cancer that was localized (had not spread) which can often be cured with surgery.
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