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Seeking the Best for Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

When Mark Eaton, 55, drove to an emergency clinic in Lenexa, Kansas, he expected to hear he had another kidney stone. Instead, he was diagnosed with appendicitis and sent by ambulance to an area hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Later, Mark wa...

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Second Opinion Changed Breast Cancer Treatment, Preserved Fertility

Everyone’s breasts get lumpy when they’re nursing a newborn, right? That’s what Leslie McGuire thought to herself in 2014. At age 30, Leslie was breastfeeding her first son, Franklin. “Breastfeeding wasn’t easy for me, and I had a lot of breast chan...

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Treatment Far from Home Helps Woman Beat Leukemia

Margie Harper lives near New Orleans, Louisiana, but it was doctors at The University of Kansas Cancer Center in Kansas City who gave her a second chance at life. In 2018, Margie was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a form of blood can...

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Breast Cancer Survivor Champions for a Cure

Her face has adorned print and television ads, billboards and the sides of tractor trailers. But she’s not a Hollywood celebrity. She’s helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for breast cancer research. But she’s not wealthy. She traveled to...

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CAR T-Cell Therapy Helps Lymphoma Survivor Beat Cancer Again

In her decades serving and advocating for Latinos and other communities of color in the Kansas City area, CiCi Rojas has worked tirelessly. She has held roles as CEO and president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City, vice pres...

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A Curious Course to an Esophageal Cancer Diagnosis

Josh Mullin expected to mark his 40th birthday with the typical trappings: a few friends, cake, a celebratory drink. Instead, he began his 41st year with the worst birthday present anyone can get: a cancer diagnosis. Josh jokes about it now, cancer-...

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Back in the Game After Salivary Gland Cancer

James “Hooty” Wade’s whole world had been turned inside out by a little hard knot that wouldn’t go away, just behind his left earlobe. When his nurse educator mother wasn’t comfortable with the diagnosis of a blocked lymph node, a second physician s...

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Breast Cancer Survivor Finds Personalized Care at Missys' Boutique

Susan McCall has covered a lot of miles this year, traveling between Kansas City and her home in Goodland, Kansas. Since Susan was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in January 2015, she has gotten to know The University of Kansas Cancer Center we...

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Annual Mammogram Saves Breast Cancer Survivor's Life

Angelique Nedved started giving herself an annual birthday gift when she turned 40 – a breast cancer screening mammogram. “I have a February birthday, so I scheduled my mammogram for February and always considered it my gift to myself and to my fami...

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Breast Cancer Treatment Saves Pregnant Mother

The joy of a problem-free pregnancy turned to fear when Stacey Johnson felt a lump in her left breast. Yet today, she has a healthy baby boy after seeking a second opinion and putting her trust in The University of Kansas Cancer Center. Stacey’s jou...