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'Uninamigable': North Jersey HS Student Battling Cancer Again 'Uninamigable': North Jersey HS Student Battling Cancer Again
'Uninamigable': North Jersey HS Student Battling Cancer Again A community in Bergen County is rallying for a 16-year-old boy battling cancer. Colin Stern, a sophomore at Saddle Brook High School, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) when he was 20 months old, according to a GoFundMe account launched by a Peggy Dressel Pappas. "After 3 ½ years of grueling treatment, he finally went into remission," the page reads.  "[Eleven] years later, in an extremely rare occurrence, Colin’s leukemia has returned. This sudden, devastating news has changed the course of their family’s life forever." The GoFundMe had raised more than $31,000 as of Ap…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Absolutely Unimaginable': Leukemia Returns 11 Years After Saddle Brook Boy's Remission 'Absolutely Unimaginable': Leukemia Returns 11 Years After Saddle Brook Boy's Remission
'Absolutely Unimaginable': Leukemia Returns 11 Years After Saddle Brook Boy's Remission A grueling bout with leukemia was nearly a dozen years in a young Saddle Brook boy's past when it made a sudden and devastating return. At a time when Colin Stern and his loved ones should've been celebrating his 16th birthday, he was in the hospital. At a time when he should be learning how to drive and feeling comfortable in high school, they find themselves facing at least two years of spinal taps, radiation and more. The sudden blow "has changed the course" of the entire family's lives forever, wrote Peggy Dressel Pappas, who organized a fundraiser for them. Colin's mom "will have to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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9-Year-Old Morris County Leukemia Patient Celebrates Completion Of Treatment With Motorcade 9-Year-Old Morris County Leukemia Patient Celebrates Completion Of Treatment With Motorcade
9-Year-Old Morris County Leukemia Patient Celebrates Completion Of Treatment With Motorcade A 9-year-old Morris County boy who recently finished years of treatment for leukemia celebrated his recovery with the help of dozens of firefighters, police officers and other community members. Nesim Aktas of Boonton was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia toward the end of 2017, when he was in first grade. He finished his last liquid chemotherapy dose Monday, June 8 and was honored with an official salute from Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon and other officers. Nesim’s friends and extended family gathered at his Kanouse Street fully equipped with masks and “Team Nesim” t-shir…

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by Valerie Musson