NPR: Linkfest: College Student Fights His Own Cancer

Linkfest: College Student Fights His Own Cancer

Josh Sommer,a Duke University junior , was diagnosed in January 2006 with chordoma, a rare bone cancer with no cure and few possible treatments. Sommer recieved a fellowship grant and has taken the semester off to focus on research with the Chordoma Foundation, which he founded with his mom to help coordinate cancer research efforts.

"I guess the way I look at it is that there will be a time for every disease when one can in essence outrun their disease," Josh writes in a late-night e-mail to a reporter who had been spending time with him.

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6:31 AM ET | 03-21-2008 | permalink

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