A couple of years ago, a coworker of mine, Stephanie Desmon, wrote a series about women with breast cancer who volunteered to receive a vaccine as part of a clinical trial. Sue Marangi was one of them.
Sue and the other women had hoped not only to save themselves, but to help others -- who had yet to even be diagnosed with breast cancer. Sue had fought cancer for three decades and survived two more years after Stephanie's series. But, recently, she passed away at 62.
Since it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I thought I'd share the official obit the Sun ran. And here's a moving tribute to the woman, written by Stephanie, who now works for Johns Hopkins.
And to learn more about breast cancer, cutting-edge treatments and some of the women living with the disease -- the second most diagnosed and the second most deadly kind of cancer for women -- look for a special section in your Sun or in Baltimoresun.com this weekend.
Baltimore Sun file photo of Sue Marangi