Marshwood Basketball Player Deals with More Than the Opponent
Portland Press Herald › February 17, 2006
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At first glance, Colin Cooper is the picture of health. A 6- foot-3 forward for the Marshwood boys' basketball team, Cooper has a head of closely cut red hair, sinks free throws with ease and runs sprints with his teammates during practice.
Yet days away from the start of the Western Class A tournament, Cooper is less than three months removed from his third surgery for pediatric papillary renal cell carcinoma, or kidney cancer.See the full content of this document
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Marshwood Basketball Player Deals with More Than the Opponent
Unless he tells you about it - or you happen to notice the protective kidney belt he wears around his torso over a sleeveless T- shirt - few would have any knowledge of Cooper's battle with the rare form of kidney cancer.
In the 20 months since Cooper's initial ...See the full content of this document
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