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Retired from owner-operated business, first career teaching Urban Planning at Graduate and Undergraduate levels. Married with two sons, two grandsons and a grandaughter. Interest in politics, travel and community planning. Becoming a melanoma activist due to a concern about lack of patient access to necessary info for informed decision making and targeted therapies.

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alankravitz

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the patient

Initial Diagnosis Month

April

Initial Diagnosis Year

1986

Stage at Diagnosis

Unknown Stage

Current Stage

Unknown Stage

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