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Anthony Daniels Cancer Survivor!

anthony Daniels and Bradley Cooper

September 24,2016

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, After six long years of battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma, native villager Anthony Daniels is now cancer-free.

Daniels was 19-years-old and a sophomore at Fordham University in New York City when he was diagnosed with the blood cancer.

Despite four relapses and 30 rounds of chemotherapy, Daniels never gave up trying to find a bone marrow match . Daniels struggle was well documented on this blog.

Daniels whose ongoing battle against Hodgkin’s lymphoma was the focus of a documentary film, and his fight against Hodgkin’s lymphoma even got the attention of actor Bradley Cooper.

Daniels, who never found his perfect match, was told that his final shot at surviving would be to get an alternative stem cell transplant. On March 25th he took his chances heading to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas .With less than a 30% chance it would work it did and now he is in complete remission.

 

2 thoughts on “Anthony Daniels Cancer Survivor!

  1. Good news.
    We need to spend tax dollars on cancer research instead of foreign aid.

  2. great news.. congratulations. and yes we should be spending tax money on cancer research

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