To the Editor:Kudos to Kate Pickert for her hopeful article, “Are We Learning to Outrun Cancer?” (Opinion guest essay, June 18). Fourteen months ago, I was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic colon cancer. I’m 75, female and fortunate to live near the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center in Ann Arbor. Eleven months later, after M.R.I.s and surgery, I was in full remission. I never lost my hair, got nauseated, got burns on my skin, lost my sense of touch or poisoned other organs.

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Persons: Kate Pickert, Ann Arbor ., Pickert, Jimmy Carter’s Organizations: Cancer, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Locations: Ann Arbor