"California Woman Who Beat Stage IV Lung Cancer at 28 Fulfills Dream of Having a Family"
Emily Bennett Taylor was getting ready to celebrate her second wedding anniversary when she went to the doctor for a persistent cough. Days later, the 28-year-old who had never smoked was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. After weeks of being told there was no hope, she found Raja Flores, MD, professor of thoracic surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who was willing to operate. Three years later, Emily is cancer-free and pregnant with twin girls. Learn more.