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ST. GEORGE — A Washington woman, fighting cancer for the second time, is determined to beat the odds, advocating for stomach cancer awareness and research with the goal of living well beyond the rare five-year survival mark.
"Stomach cancer is in the top five deadliest cancers worldwide," Kendle Salisbury told St. George News. "But a lot of times, because some of the symptoms are like heartburn or upset stomach, you don't think too much of it until it's too late."
For the past 18 months, Salisbury has faced stage 4 stomach cancer head-on, enduring rounds of chemotherapy.
It was October 2023 when she discovered a lump in a lymph node in her neck. An ultrasound and biopsy revealed the cause: cancer that had originated in her stomach and spread. She was soon referred to an oncologist, who confirmed the diagnosis — stage 4 stomach cancer.
