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In a desperate bid for survival, newlywed primary school teacher Krianna Varsha Roopnarine is fighting cancer while struggling to hold on to the career she loves.
Speaking to Guardian Media last Monday, Roopnarine said in 2022, she was diagnosed with stage 2B Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which are blood cancers in the lymphatic system.
For three years, Roopnarine said she endured some of the most aggressive treatments modern medicine can offer — two cycles of R-CHOP chemotherapy (Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin/Doxorubicin, Oncovin/Vincristine, and Prednisone), two cycles of ABVD chemotherapy (Adriamycin/Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine), followed by two cycles of Escalated BEACOPP chemotherapy (Bleomycin, Etoposide, Adriamycin/Doxorubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Oncovin/Vincristine, Procarbazine, and Prednisone), and finally 20 sessions of targeted radiation therapy.
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