Cancer patient aboard coronavirus-stalled cruise faces possible chemotherapy delay

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Cancer patient aboard coronavirus-stalled cruise faces possible chemotherapy delay
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Among the 2,400 passengers stranded off the California coast on a cruise ship ca...

- Among the 2,400 passengers stranded off the California coast on a cruise ship carrying at least 21 people infected with coronavirus, few people aboard likely have more to lose than Kari Kolstoe, a retiree from North Dakota with stage-4 cancer.

Now facing the prospect of a two-week quarantine far from their home in Grand Forks, she worries their getaway cruise will end up causing a fateful delay in her next round of chemotherapy, scheduled to begin early next week. “I’m very at risk for this,” said Kolstoe, whose rare form of neuroendocrine cancer has spread throughout her body. “Me staying on here for a lot of reasons isn’t good.”

“Those that need to be quarantined will be quarantined,” including all 1,100 crew members, many of whom may have been exposed to coronavirus during the previous Mexico voyage, Pence said.

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