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From left: Shilene Blain-Hearns and Mojtaba Akhtari, MD

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Patient heavily treated for rare disease finds resolve at LLU Cancer Center

April 20, 2021
Shilene Blain-Hearns reached remission at the Cancer Center, bringing her long and winding care journey to completion
Margarita Martinez and her care team pose for a picture on the day of Martinez's stem cell transplantation

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First adult haploidentical stem cell transplant at LLUH saves adult patient’s life

February 23, 2021
Physicians successfully transferred blood stem cells from a son to his mother fighting acute blood cancer
Brett Richards on his para cycle

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Athlete resumes para-cycling after battling blood cancer

March 2, 2021
For Brett Richards, resilience follows strife at every turn
Michelle Arrigo smiles big as she holds up five fingers to signal her fifth of twelve rounds of infusion therapy at Loma Linda University Health – Beaumont – Banning in early 2020. Comprised of various therapies and a 14.5 hour surgery, Arrigo's arduous battle against pancreatic cancer ended in triumph when doctors declared she had No Evidence of Disease (NED).

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Two-time cancer survivor finds a new calling

December 23, 2020
Much can change in a year — Michelle Arrigo knows this well.
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