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RICKY HAMASAKI

IMPROVING OUTCOMES THROUGH CLINICAL TRIALS

In the summer of 2013 , Ricky Hamasaki was diagnosed with squamous non-small cell lung cancer . Immediately following his diagnosis , Hamasaki received three rounds of chemotherapy , surgery to remove the upper right lobe of his lung , as well as radiation therapy . His condition was stable for about a year , until he received another diagnosis — Stage IV lung cancer .
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