Twin Sisters Help Bring Awareness to Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

For two years, Elisa witnessed what her twin sister Anne endured battling an advanced form of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The unexpected journey started in the spring of 2005 when Anne was diagnosed with this rare but deemed curable cancer during a routine check-up for flu-like symptoms. After her diagnosis, many in the medical field as well as cancer patients commented that Hodgkin’s Lymphoma was the “good” cancer to get if you had to choose a cancer.

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