Ms Starrett Kreissman, a trim 59-year-old, was hiking with her husband, Mr David Dolan, when the coughing started. She brushed it off, but Mr Dolan suggested she get checked out.
An examination turned up more questions, so her doctor scheduled some scans. On Ms Kreissman's 60th birthday, she had an answer: stage 3 lung cancer.
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