Rachel Passarella tells PEOPLE she is "one of the lucky ones" amid her stage 2 tongue cancer diagnosis

Rachel Passarella recalls for PEOPLE how her cancer symptoms were dismissed multiple times before being diagnosed with stage ...

Nurse Says Her Cancer Symptoms Were Dismissed as a Canker Sore — She Later Almost Died After Part of Her Tongue Was Removed (Exclusive)

Rachel Passarella recalls for PEOPLE how an "abnormal" red spot on her tongue was dismissed multiple times before she was diagnosed with stage 2 tongue cancer six months later.