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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient Stories

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  • Brian McGarvey

    Brian McGarvey

    Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Finding out you will soon be the "father of the bride" should be an exciting time in a man's life. Unfortunately for Brian McGarvey, the timing was bittersweet.

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  • John Reeves

    John Reeves

    Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    In 2009, John Reeves took a bad fall. "That's when it all started," he recalled. At the age of 78, John didn't recover as quickly as he expected. A former high school football star and self-titled #1 concrete man in Philadelphia, John is a strong guy. He sought medical attention and during a routine x-ray, doctors saw something suspicious. "That's when I decided to see Dr. Walter Scott at Fox Chase."

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  • Arlene Rohrer

    Arlene Rohrer

    Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Although Arlene Rohrer was shocked to learn she had lung cancer, she wasn't totally caught off guard. She had quit smoking several years before, but knew that her history with cigarettes could come back to haunt her. After a diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer, Arlene felt that if she did not travel to Fox Chase for a second opinion, she might not be here today to share her dramatic story.

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