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Two Lung Cancers, Two Approaches

“I saw how they treated my wife at Newark Beth Israel -- she was like a VIP.”
A Husband and Wife Both Developed Lung Cancer, but Their Treatments Were Very Different Veronica and Edmundo Navarro never ...
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A Surprising Diagnosis

"I was surprised about being a man with breast cancer. I looked at Dr. Schulman and said, ‘Are you kidding me?’”
In the summer of 2018, John Aviles, 65, of Forked River noticed a lump in his right breast. He saw the nurse practitioner in his ...
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Just In Time - Routine Checkup Saves Woman's Life

"Don’t ignore symptoms if something doesn’t feel right. Go to the doctor and get tested. Your life could depend on it.”
Like many women, Virginia Haines, 73, a Freeholder in Ocean County, didn’t think she was at significant risk for heart problems. ...
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Less Aggressive Treatment Was Lifesaving to Beat Breast Cancer

I had a lumpectomy, I felt no pain, and the nurses were positive and reassuring.
Nancy was surprised when a routine mammogram revealed a suspicious area in her left breast. “I heard that RWJBarnabas Health had ...
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Everyday Joys

“Children’s Specialized Hospital has provided us with such excellent care. I couldn’t ask for a better team for Aiden.”
Expert Care Provides a Young Patient with the Best Quality of Life At 8 years old, Aiden Shanklin is wheelchair-dependent, has a ...
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Two Times Lucky with Weight Loss Surgery and a Heart Transplant

“With my new heart, I feel better than I’ve ever felt”
In late 2019, Jerry Kubu, 61, was at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI) with a serious heart condition when he got a very ...
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Looking forward to helping plan her college's Dance Marathon

After finishing freshman year at college, Carly Decker went on the trip of a lifetime with her family to Iceland. They had an ...
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Brain Tumor

MEET EMMAELY: Fun-loving soccer player working hard for a speedy recovery
Athletic and vibrant, Emmaely Rivera was just seven years old when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Normally agile and ...
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She was a patient during the polio epidemic

Polio Survivor, Virginia Wade, Shares Her Story
On the evening of August 31, 1939, six-year-old Virginia Wade of Westfield, felt sick and went upstairs to her bedroom while the ...
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