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" My dear sister-in-law lost her fight this week with leiomyosarcoma, a rare, aggressive form of uterine cancer. She was 57 and was first diagnosed with the disease three years ago.  Like many gynecological cancers, the main symptom was abnormal vaginal bleeding. Though she had been through &amp;quot;the change,&amp;quot; in her words, my sister-in-law seemed to be having periods again. Fibroids were thought to be the cause. And like many of us, she took care of her family first and scheduled surgery a bit later, when it was more convenient.  There was a &amp;quot;one in a million&amp;quot; chance it was cancer. And despite those odds, surgery revealed stage IV of a little-known, little-studied soft muscle tissue cancer that for some reason attacks women in their early 50s. No one knows what causes LMS, though pelvic radiation is thought to contribute in some cases. Not in hers. For the past three years, she fought valiantly: surgery, chemo, radiation. Repeat. And through it all, she kept up her spirits. I can&amp;#039;t picture her without seeing her wide smile. She was a happy person, and her positive energy was infectious. Kids especially loved to be around her.  At Thanksgiving, she was doing well. She&amp;#039;d been eating organic food, and even went to a turkey farm to get a truly free range turkey for the feast. She was optimistic. Her cancer was now at Stage III, and she thought there was a reason she had gotten the disease: to help and educate others.  But soon after, the disease progressed. Her kind of cancer was insidious; the tumors would reappear and grow rapidly in the span of a few weeks. And after many rounds of new clinical trials and chemo, there was nothing more to be done. She died this week at home surrounded by those she loved. Her life was cut far too short.  Priscilla you will be missed. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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