As most of you know, my older brother Robert has been battling an aggressive cancer since February, with tumors found on his lungs and liver. He finished his fourth round of chemotherapy in May and has been recovering for two months. While our family was together this summer, it had seemed like everything was going well. In June, Robert was tested again for his “tumor marker count.” Most cancer cells produce specific proteins that can be tracked to find our whether any treatment is working. One specific marker was originally tracked in Robert’s blood tests at 2.4 million before he... Continue Reading