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Shekinah Elmore

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Shekinah Elmore (c. 1982 – July 24, 2024) was an assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. As both a cancer doctor and a self-described "cancer person", she was known for her work in cancer patient advocacy among her fellow physicians and for her public speaking and writing. She wrote and spoke publicly about surviving childhood rhabdomyosarcoma in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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