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Person of the Week: Mollie Ward, 9, Cancer Crusader

Attending Thursday's Congressional Pediatric Cancer Caucus were elected officials, cancer specialists and a 9-year-old girl. Mollie Ward, the 9-year-old fourth grader from Cherry Hill, N.J., was there to help Dr. Peter Adamson of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia push lawmakers to encourage pharmaceutical companies to research and develop more drugs for children with cancer. She was diagnosed with a rare cancer in her pancreas before she turned 2. "I had to have a lot of surgeries and...Full Story
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