Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) has cancer, but she’s fighting back and did so early.
The congresswoman, representing Wisconsin’s 4th congressional district for over a decade, was first diagnosed with small lymphocytic lymphoma in June; it’s a non-Hodgkin lymphoma where the cancer originates in the lymphatic system or the disease-fighting network throughout the body.
“It is sort of a silent kind of cancer,” she told ThinkProgress by phone. “Many peo...