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Thompson now offering cancer genetic testing
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Thompson Health 
Sep 19, 2018
Research shows certain risk factors can increase the chances of developing cancer. Some of these factors, such as tobacco use, can be controlled. Othe...
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Diagnosis of ovarian cancer “is not the end of the line.”
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
May 03, 2018
ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Over the past several years, Susan Evans has spoken to at least 100 groups to share her story of defeating ovarian cancer — and to of...
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Positive attitude helped Milks during cancer treatment
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Feb 26, 2018
Carl Milks credits much of his successful battle with cancer to having a positive attitude and a good sense of humor. “They say only the good die youn...
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Drivers needed for ‘road to recovery’
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Feb 16, 2018
For the past 15 years, Bill Walb has coordinated American Cancer Society volunteers to provide Road to Recovery rides for patients who need treatment ...
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Benefit slated to help ‘Aleksa fight’
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Jan 10, 2018
After Aleksa Carey was admitted to the hospital for treatment of cancer and couldn’t return home for almost a month, she told her mother she really "m...
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BRMC to offer Look Good Feel Better Nov. 13
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Oct 26, 2017
When Kim Graham’s sister was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, the Bradford beautician decided the best way to help her sibling was to assist her with he...
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Benefit set to help Shinglehouse woman with medical expenses
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KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Sep 22, 2017
When Jessica Bundy was diagnosed with breast cancer in December of 2016, she learned that she not only had two different types of breast cancer, but a...
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Answers to the rising costs of cancer
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Alex Keown 
Sep 20, 2017
When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, fear is a typical reaction. But that fear can take several forms. Not only is a patient likely to be concerne...
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Emporium woman pens book of encouragement
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AMANDA JONES Era Correspondent amandajonesera@yahoo.com 
Sep 07, 2017
EMPORIUM — An Emporium resident has written a book chronicling her battle with oral cancer in an effort to remove the stigmatism behind the disease an...
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Resolution makes Sept. ‘Ovarian Cancer Month’ in Pa.
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SIDNEY PERALTA Era reporter erasidneyp@gmail.com 
Aug 19, 2017
With the help of Bradford woman Susan Evans, State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, and other state legislators signed a resolution earlier in the s...
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Kane youth has wish granted by Make-A-Wish
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CODY C. HOUSLER Era Correspondent Eracodyh@gmail.com 
Apr 17, 2017
KANE — Kane youth Rory Undercoffer recently returned home from a week in Discovery Cove in Orlando, Fla., after having her wish to swim with dolphins ...
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