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Breast cancer survivor inspires community

By Joe Bush
Special to ESPNRISE.com

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Amy Brechon, a 17-year-old senior and a volleyball and soccer player at Belvidere (Ill.) North High, recently got the go-ahead from her doctors to decrease her twice-yearly checkups -- which make sure her breast cancer has not returned -- to just once per year. "They think I'm in the clear," Brechon says. It is hard not to ponder the existence of fate or guardian angels when you consider Brechon's case. Diagnosed with a rare type of malignant tumor -- phyllodes accounts for less than 1 percen ...

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