(CNN) Leila Janah, a fierce entrepreneur who worked to help those living below the poverty line, died in January from complications of epithelioid sarcoma -- a form of cancer. In a November Facebook post, Janah wrote, "Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare, strange beast. As it moves through my body I'm trying to understand what it could possibly teach me. Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare soft-tissue cancer often seen in young adults, according to the Food and Drug Administration. "Epithelioid sarcoma accounts for less than one percent of all soft tissue sarcomas," said Dr. Richard Pazdur, director of the FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence.

Source: CNN February 02, 2020 06:45 UTC