Jessica Breland ready to return after cancer fight
Posted Oct 19, 2010
UNC standout Jessica Breland says she's 100 percent healthy after missing last season while she fought Hodgkin's lymphoma. Breland said Tuesday that doctors tell her she won't be considered fully cancer-free until five years have passed since her final treatment. She says she sometimes has problems breathing and vows to fight through it.
(Wilmington Star News)
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