EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive form of cancer, with only a few hundred people diagnosed in the United States each year.

Sarah Downey became one of those people in February 2024, but you might not know it by her demeanor.

In this edition of 12 Health, she sits down with 12 News anchor Shannon Hegy and Dr. Andrew Wagner from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to share her story and how she advocates for herself and others.

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