Patient Stories

Curing a Rare Cancer

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Danielle Menard Mazurowski, 39, was teaching music in a Virginia elementary school and planning her next vacation with her husband, Jay, when she learned that she had a rare cancer called adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) arising in the outer layer of the adrenal glands that rest on top of the kidneys.

Stories of Hope: Bob Tepé

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Life can be snatched from you in an instant. A more diabolical way is to be told by your doctor that you have cancer. Is it just as much a life-crushing moment if you had an idea something was wrong and your doctor’s confir-mation somehow gave it bonafide legitimacy?

Aortic Repair Saves a Life

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It was a brisk Sunday morning just before Thanksgiving. Greg Rocco, 61, worked out, got a haircut, and was doing a little holiday shopping, when he lost vision in one eye. He called his son on his cell phone, saying, “Something’s not right,” and within minutes he was in the ER at a Westchester hospital.