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The year I turned 50, my life took an unexpected turn. First, I had to have emergency surgery after a CT scan for severe abdominal pain revealed what appeared to be late-stage ovarian cancer. 

Next, I found out it was a rare type of appendix cancer called low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN), and that it had already spread to my ovaries.  

Finally, I learned that the only real treatment for...