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Jonathan Eric Agin is an attorney in Washington, DC. He is married to Neely Agin and is the father of Alexis and Gabriel Agin. Alexis was diagnosed in April 2008 with a tumor in her brainstem and battled for 33 months before passing away on January 14, 2011. Mr. Agin, along with his wife, run a Washington, DC chapter of a pediatric brain cancer foundation. In his spare time, Jonathan runs marathons and participates in triathlons.

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The Small Hero Amongst Us All

7 Comments | Posted December 27, 2011 | 08:49:39 (EST)

Each year, toward the middle of December, there is a lot of discussion about who has been a hero in the last twelve months. Who is a hero, what have they done?

It truly amazes me the people who we gravitate towards and idolize and place on this list....

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Pink Is Not the Only Color of the Rainbow

6 Comments | Posted December 9, 2011 | 13:02:32 (EST)

Each year, come the end of September as we head into October, you would think that pink is the only color in the rainbow. Breast cancer as a cause was rocketed into the spotlight by the Susan G. Komen Foundation (SGK). Treatments, research, and a better survival rate are...

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Identity Theft In the Childhood Cancer Community -- Not a Victimless Crime

3 Comments | Posted December 2, 2011 | 16:54:36 (EST)

I had hoped with all my heart and soul that my daughter Alexis would have been one of the lucky one percent of children diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) who survived beyond five years from diagnosis. Given this terminal diagnosis on April 10, 2008, she outlived a six...

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