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Young and Diagnosed: Recalculating When Life Takes a Detour

50m · Frankly Speaking About Cancer with the Cancer Support Community · 29 Mar 07:00

This episode is part of our special series “Young and Diagnosed” which focuses on the unique challenges and experiences of young adults facing a cancer diagnosis. Jacqueline Smith and Evan Ruggiero are living proof of just how quickly and randomly life can change. As they’ll tell you, their new paths are in many ways more rewarding than anything they could have imagined--or might have chosen--before their lives took an unthinkable detour. “Young and Diagnosed” is brought to you by Genentech.

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