Shannon Miller cancer-free and thankful

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Updated: February 25, 2011, 3:44 PM ET
ESPN.com news services


Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller is cancer-free after doctors recently discovered a baseball-sized cyst on an ovary and removed the tumor last month.

The cyst, which turned out to be a germ cell malignancy, was discovered during an annual exam. Miller, 33, said she felt perfectly fine at the time of the checkup and is as fit as she was 15 years ago, when she won two golds at the Atlanta Gam

The tumor is not the same as what most people think of as ovarian cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease. Germ cell malignancies are rare, and generally occur in teenagers and women under 30.

Now, Miller hopes sharing her story will encourage other women to make their health a priority.

more at http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/gymnastics/news/story?id=6158854&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

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1. Self-kick

:kick:

[ChazII]

2. K&R n/t

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3. Kick for my DU ladies

[dionysus]

4. kick

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=572352&mesg_id=577116

:D

[yesphan]

5. As an Okie,

I am rather proud of her achievements.

Glad to hear the news. Kick !