Cycling to raise money for rare cancers
Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Cancer survivor Alyssa Acquafredda will be taking part in an indoor cycling event to raise money and awareness about rare cancer such as the one she has been fighting. (Feb. 11, 2011)
Alyssa Acquafredda's diagnosis came with two more disturbing realities: There's little money to research her rare cancer and no drugs designed to treat it.
Undaunted, the Long Island teacher has joined thousands of cancer survivors nationwide who've faced the same realities and are raising research dollars themselves.
"We're all fighting for the same cause," said Acquafredda, 25, of...
