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To watch Jessica Breland tell her story about fighting cancer, visit www.youtube.com/ watch?v=lE8Nmn6FEDs.
Jessica Breland beat cancer to play basketball again—and inspire children who have similar illnesses.
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Winter 2011
Well
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N May 2009, JessiCa BrelaNd was foCUsed oN
her communications studies and looking to her junior year as a forward for the UNC Women’s Basketball team. Little did she know that her plans would soon be eclipsed by a disease that strikes fear by its mere utterance: cancer. At 6-foot-3, Jessica is clearly a standout athlete, but there is a quiet gentleness about her that defies her towering stature. She’s a great conversationalist—funny, smart and thoughtful in turns, with a brilliant smile and a downto-earth attitude. It is in the moments of reflection when she recalls first hearing her diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma that she shows signs of the inner strength that helped her through her treatment.
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