{"id":12490,"date":"2021-12-15T15:20:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T20:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=12490"},"modified":"2022-04-25T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:28:09","slug":"patient-story-vincent-zoppina-celebrates-completing-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2021\/12\/patient-story-vincent-zoppina-celebrates-completing-cancer-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Story: Vincent Zoppina Celebrates Completing Cancer Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vincent Zoppina with his radiation oncologist, Gregory J. Kubicek, MD, stand in front of MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper in Camden.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Monday, December 13, Vincent Zoppina joined his radiation oncologist, Gregory J. Kubicek, MD<\/a>, on the Philadelphia side of the Ben Franklin Bridge to make the 2.5 mile trip to MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper in Camden for his last treatment for esophageal cancer<\/a>. The trip was Vince\u2019s idea to celebrate completing five weeks of chemotherapy and six weeks of radiation therapy.<\/p>\n

Waiting for their arrival at MD Anderson at Cooper \u2013 Vince by bike with Dr. Kubicek running beside him \u2013 were Vince\u2019s family and friends, including his wife, Michelle, a breast cancer survivor and also a former patient of Dr. Kubicek. They gathered together holding signs and their cell phones to capture the moment he came into view.<\/p>\n

Vince\u2019s first words to the awaiting crowd: \u201cWe made it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n