Svetomir N. Markovic, M.D., Ph.D.

Dawn's Journey: Overcoming a near-zero survival rate

Dawn Botsford was sitting in a chair at the hair salon in 2011 when her hairdresser commented on a spot on the top of her head. It was bug season in North Dakota, so Dawn didn’t think much of it. "When I told my hairdresser that, she said, ‘I really think you need to get it checked out.' She saved my life," Dawn recalls. Dawn met with a local dermatologist to have the spot examined.…