Woman's battle with cancer takes new tack

BOARDMAN — Sabrina Hoffman is hopeful, hairless and ready to kick her cancer to the curb.

Hoffman, 36, of Boardman, has been suffering with non-Hodgkins follicular lymphoma, which occurs when the lymph nodes are invaded by cancer, for the past three years. The mother of two young children has endured three years of chemotherapy — 13 treatments — to find that this type of cancer is treatable but not curable.

Last summer, she was a hopeful candidate for a case study under the direction of Dr. Hilliard Lazarus of the University Hospital Health System in Cleveland. Unfortunately for Hoffman, she had developed cancer in her stomach and was unable to participate.

Hoffman said she is not giving up hope and plans to go to Cleveland on Wednesday for treatment that will hopefully put her cancer in remission, for good.

To find out what's next for Hoffman, please see the print version of The Vindicator or go to Vindy.com.