{"id":894,"date":"2014-01-06T11:50:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T16:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/?p=894"},"modified":"2014-01-06T11:50:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T16:50:29","slug":"from-texas-to-new-jersey-one-couple-finds-leading-cancer-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/2014\/01\/from-texas-to-new-jersey-one-couple-finds-leading-cancer-care\/","title":{"rendered":"From Texas to New Jersey &#8211; One Couple Finds Leading Cancer Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/content.bitsontherun.com\/players\/6cYYfbOG-PfkgzvIG.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A diagnosis of cancer is always frightening. For Ted and Marianne Colanduno, it was double the anxiety. Within the span of three years, both husband and wife received this dreaded news. But, thanks to dedicated cancer experts and world-renowned treatment, the New Jersey couple has conquered their diseases. Theirs is a story of hope for others.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Ted was undergoing a routine hernia repair when surgeons found tumors on his upper bowel that had spread. Ted turned to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, a nationally recognized program for aggressive surgery and months of follow-up care.<\/p>\n<p>Only three years after Ted\u2019s diagnosis, Marianne received news that she too had cancer\u2014triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma, a very aggressive breast cancer. The couple once more chose the best care they could find\u2014at Cooper University Health Care.<\/p>\n<p>Now, both Ted and Marianne are free of cancer, and both are able to have all of their follow-up care at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, right here in South Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I heard the news that MD Anderson Cancer Center care was coming to New Jersey, I looked at my wife with a huge grin\u2013this will be the best thing for cancer patients in our region,\u201d said Ted.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Ted and Marianne are enjoying life and even recently have purchased a vacation home in Maine. \u201cWe are living life to our fullest,\u201d Marianne says. \u201cWe have been through a lot in the past few years, and our family has too. We are hopeful for the future and want to make the best of what is yet to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, please visit <a title=\"MD Anderson Cooper Cancer Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.MDAndersonCooper.org\">MDAndersonCooper.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A diagnosis of cancer is always frightening. For Ted and Marianne Colanduno, it was double the anxiety. Within the span of three years, both husband and wife received this dreaded news. But, thanks to dedicated cancer experts and world-renowned treatment, the New Jersey couple has conquered their diseases. Theirs is a story of hope for &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/2014\/01\/from-texas-to-new-jersey-one-couple-finds-leading-cancer-care\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-894","6":"format-standard","7":"category-videos2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}