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Mark Carles shares his story with Rare Disease Day audience

Fibrolamellar fighter Mark Carles described his fight with FLC and the challenges he has faced over the last year at a “Rare Disease Day” event held in Greenwich, Connecticut on February 26, 2021. Carles, a former triathlete and graduate student, was diagnosed in October 2018 at the age of 24. In his remarks, Mark said that …

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Liver cancer awareness month

Rare cancer isn’t uncommon: Courtney’s story

The FIbrolamellar Cancer Foundation (FCF) kicks off Rare Cancer Day and National Liver Cancer Awareness month with a story featuring fibro fighter Courtney Homer. Courtney, 27, from Glendale, Arizona, was diagnosed with fibrolamellar in 2014. She taped the following video segment to share her journey since her diagnosis in 2014 when she was only 21. …

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