By Erica Quiroz, MD Anderson staff writer
Although Jamie Gilmore’s cancer has relapsed three times, she’s hoping the fourth time will be the charm to finally beat it.
Gilmore was first diagnosed at 14 years old with acinic cell carcinoma (ACC), a rare salivary gland cancer. But her most notable experience with ACC happened when she was 20.
She had pain on the left side of her face — the exact spot where she had a mass removed six years earlier — and was scheduled for surgery.
