Given 6 months to live, Chicago man credits second opinion for saving his life
- Posted on October 6, 2026
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Given 6 months to live, Chicago man credits second opinion for saving his life
At 46 years old, Gerardo Rodriguez Salazar was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer and told it was terminal. Five years later, he is sharing his survival story alongside the doctor he credits with saving his life. “She changed my life,” Salazar said. “My life is 100 times better because of her.” Dr. Gladys Rodriguez is a gastrointestinal oncologist and the director of the Hispanic Gastrointestinal Clinic at Northwestern Medicine. The clinic...
