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More young people are surviving cancer. Then they face a life altered by it

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Lourdes Monje, diagnosed with breast cancer at 25, represents the new generation of cancer survivors — a person who is younger, less financially secure, and has to navigate life after treatment. Monje, now 29, says they mourn the loss of the sense that life was "infinite."
Lourdes Monje, diagnosed with breast cancer at 25, represents the new generation of cancer survivors — a person who is younger, less financially secure, and has to navigate life after treatment. Monje, now 29, says they mourn the loss of the sense that life was "infinite."

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