Sophomore exceeds in soccer after battle with cancer

Sophomore John Anterton.

Soccer is the center of sophomore John Anderton's life. One of five sophomores on the Varsity soccer team, Anderton plays forward and midfield. But his playing soccer was once interrupted by the discovery of a tumor in his lungs.

"I couldn't breathe well and I had a bad pain in my chest," Anderton said.

In December of 2004, after experiencing pain in his chest, Anderton believed that he had a pulled rib, but after lasting symptoms, doctors thought he might have had pneumonia. An emergency CAT scan showed that Anderton had a tumor in his lungs.

From The Paly Voice | Story: Kairen Wong | Image: Julia Benton

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