<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/final/magazine/fall-2024/finding-bravery-between-life-and-death.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Finding Bravery Between Life and Death</title><excerpt>Amy Beard Low ’93 beat the odds. She survived more than five years with Stage IV metastatic colon cancer, one of the few to endure that long. Her brave, devastating battle ended November 27, 2024, in Arizona, where she was consulting a specialist. In September, she spoke about brutal new side effects while lamenting the woeful underfunding of research into the second leading cause of cancer deaths. Amy had hoped to survive and benefit from new treatments.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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        </image><caption/><description>ALUMNI STORIESFinding Bravery Between Life and Death Amy Beard Low ’93 beat the odds. She survived more than five years with Stag...</description></item>