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Leukemia survivor and Hodgkin's disease patient beat the odds
Terminal patients faced death and despair yet found renewed life. Madeline Owen aged 58 fought acute leukemia after a diagnosis in Houston, surviving relapse free for years. Helena Blanchfield underwent chemotherapy for bone marrow cancer in 1976, later learned she never had cancer and embraced life again. Harold Fennema, diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in a Chicago hospital lobby, defied death after years of treatment and disability, eventually regaining strength and life.
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Scott Kraft
Associated Press
Helena Blanchfield
Harold Fennema
Madeline Owen
Laurel
New York
Veterans Hopital
Chicago
Kansas City
Kan
Hodgkin
Fennema