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One year later: Woman recounts cancer treatment during pandemic
March 17, 2021 10:58 AM Logan Rude
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MADISON, Wis. One year after undergoing surgery at the UW Carbone Cancer Center to treat her stage 4 ovarian cancer, a woman is reflecting on her treatment amid the pandemic.
Emily Tropp was 43 years old when she was diagnosed with cancer in December 2019, around the same time cases of the coronavirus began spreading overseas. Tropp went on to start chemotherapy in January. Just two days after UW Health confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, experts confirmed Tropp had the BRCA1 cancer gene.
“It felt like every time I saw my medical team, they were wearing more PPE,” Tropp said. “I was hoping to have my support system of friends and family with me, but my friends ended up holding signs outside my window instead of being at my bedside.”