UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Spring 2017 | Page 8
survivor profile
Maggie Hanberry
COLON CANCER SURVIVOR
By JOSH TILL
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In 2014, Maggie Hanberry was just like any other high school sophomore in her
hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. At 15 years old, she enjoyed the usual teenage
activities – spending time with her friends and family, going to church, doing her
schoolwork. She had even decided to take up running and had, along with her mother,
started training for her first 5K.
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