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Ridgewood Boxer On 12-Year Battle With Blood Cancer: 'The Fight' Ridgewood Boxer On 12-Year Battle With Blood Cancer: 'The Fight'
Ridgewood Boxer On 12-Year Battle With Blood Cancer: 'The Fight' A 31-year-old boxer from Ridgewood is in his sixth battle with blood cancer, and he's penned a memoir detailing it all. Anthony Daniels book called "The Fight" sheds light on his journey of broken dreams and having hope while fighting the 12-year battle. As a child, Daniels dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma when he was just 19 years old. After thousands of hours of chemotherapy and his cancer returning five times, Anthony has relapsed again and is now fighting his sixth battle.  Despite grueling treatments, Anthony chooses to be strong, a…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Thousands Raised For Morristown Hospital Worker, Mom Battling Cancer Thousands Raised For Morristown Hospital Worker, Mom Battling Cancer
Thousands Raised For Morristown Hospital Worker, Mom Battling Cancer The community is coming together in support of a mom and Morristown Medical Center employee battling cancer. More than $2,600 had been raised for Nicolle Gainey-Roberson, a 41-year-old mom of three from Newark, on a GoFundMe as of Tuesday evening. She first came down with an occasional cough but over the course of six months, lost 50 pounds and developed a relentless full-body itch, the page says. Gainey-Roberson sought opinions of several doctors, one of whom ultimately determined the top of her left lung was necrotic and needed to be removed. A biopsy confirmed her worst fear: Cance…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Community Rallies For Clifton Native Fighting Cancer Community Rallies For Clifton Native Fighting Cancer
Community Rallies For Clifton Native Fighting Cancer He's a father, a husband, a son, and a friend. Now, Bryan Castro of Elmwood Park is a fighter, too. More than $5,200 had been raised as of Saturday afternoon on a GoFundMe for the 28-year-old Clifton native, recently diagnosed with  Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Castro is facing several rounds of chemotherapy treatment and has already endured one surgery and a slew of tests. "This has been one of the toughest situations Bryan and I have had to go through," said his wife Cynthia, the page's founder, "but I know I have to stay strong and be his biggest support system through this journe…

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by Cecilia Levine