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Jimmy Roberson with Be the Match Donor Alina Franke
September 8, 2017

Alabama man finally meets the woman from Germany— his one in 24 million match — who saved his life with her bone marrow donation

It took a harrowing diagnosis of aplastic anemia, two unsuccessful chemotherapy treatments, 50 blood transfusions, more than 25 platelet injections, and almost three years and 4,650 miles before Talladega, Alabama, native Jimmy Roberson could meet who he says is his angel here on Earth.
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Madeline Harris, left, and Kristen Noles - mother and daughter fighting breast cancer together
March 18, 2016

Mother-daughter team fights breast cancer professionally, personally

As the coordinator and co-founder of what is now the University of Alabama at Birmingham Breast Health Center, Madeline Harris counseled and empathized with countless cancer patients over the years. She never imagined that her daughter, Kristen Noles, would someday be one of them.
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O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
April 2, 2015

UAB technology gives 46-year-old patient stronger fight against prostate cancer

When doctors found that 46-year-old Hayden Olds of Fairhope, Alabama, had a low-risk lesion on his prostate, Olds says he was caught off guard because he had not experienced any symptoms and was younger than the typical prostate cancer patient. To ensure he made the right decision moving forward, he chose to come to the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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