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Cassie's Cancer Crusaders

Bergen County Native With Terminal Cancer Works Through Living List Of Dreams Bergen County Native With Terminal Cancer Works Through Living List Of Dreams
Bergen County Native With Terminal Cancer Works Through Living List Of Dreams Support is on the rise for a courageous Bergen County woman diagnosed with a terminal and incurable form of breast cancer as she works through a living list of dreams. Cassie Romano of Emerson — a behavior therapist who worked with children with autism — was initially diagnosed with stage two breast cancer in January 2020, according to a GoFundMe that documents her difficult journey. Romano was recovering after undergoing a double mastectomy when her father was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer himself, called Burkitt’s Lymphoma, she says. “So while he was going through intensive chemot…