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‘Popping Champagne’: Philadelphia Flyers’ Oskar Lindblom Remains Cancer-Free

Oskar Lindblom remains cancer-free, according to his girlfriend Alma Lindqvist.

December 16, 2020

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Oskar Lindblom remains cancer-free, according to his girlfriend Alma Lindqvist. Lindqvist shared on Instagram Tuesday night that a second checkup revealed Lindblom is still cancer-free.

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“What a year! 369 days ago we found out that Oskar had cancer, and today we got to know that the scans are clear after his second checkup *popping champagne*!!!,” Lindqvist wrote.

In December 2019, Lindblom was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare type of cancerous tumor that grows in the bones or soft tissue around bones and has a high rate of being cured.

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