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Lynne sitting on a couch with her two adult daughters.

Twist of Fate: How a Change in Diagnosis Saved Lynne's Life

Lynne Pilger was diagnosed in 2016 with a rare soft tissue sarcoma. She initially received care at another hospital near her New Jersey home. When the treatment didn’t work she turned to Memorial Sloan Kettering, where doctors made a lifesaving change in her diagnosis.

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Josh Roe and wife
How Proton Therapy Gave Me a Second Chance — and Led Me to My Wife: Josh’s Story
Man on bike
I Had My Stomach Removed and Then Did an Ironman: Dylan’s Story
Kristin (rear), with husband Derek, children Sydney and Reece, and dog Lilly.
Living Life with Metastatic Lung Cancer: Kristin’s Story
MSK lung cancer expert Alexander Drilon and Anna
Five Thousand Miles from Home, Anna Achieves Remission for Advanced Lung Cancer
MSK patient Dan Hussar and his wife
After AML Relapse, a Clinical Trial Gives Dan a New Option
MSK patient Josh Gelman
How Josh Overcame Myelofibrosis with a Cord Blood Transplant
MSK patient Gregory Page
Gregory's Story
MSK patient Craig Straus with his two young sons
Finding a New Normal after Acoustic Neuroma: Craig’s Story
MSK patient Mark McIntosh and surgeon Bernard Bochner

How I Took the Stage after Bladder Cancer: Mark's Story

New York City actor Mark McIntosh was diagnosed with bladder cancer after he saw blood in his urine. MSK urologic surgeon Bernard Bochner ultimately removed Mark’s bladder and gave him a substitute that wouldn’t require an ostomy bag. Today, Mark is disease free and back to work on the stage and screen.

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