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Breast cancer survivor: I'm thankful I came to MD Anderson first

BY Linda Duggan

July 01, 2019

Some people go to MD Anderson after they’ve exhausted all other local cancer treatment options. But for me, the thought of going anywhere else made no sense.

I’m not going to say that cancer didn’t scare me. Because by the time I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 53, cancer had already killed my toddler daughter, my father, my brother-in-law and my mother-in-law. And it continues to leave marks on my husband’s face, with...

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Breast cancer survivor Linda Duggan, with her husband, Michael

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