Loyola Kidney Donor Saves Her Own Life by Giving an Organ

Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 15:30 in Psychology & Sociology

When Dorothy Jambrosek, 47, decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, she didn't realize that her goodwill would save her own life. After undergoing a series of tests required to give a kidney, doctors discovered that Jambrosek had precancerous lesions in her breast that could become cancerous.

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