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PublishedMarch 11, 2022
Amy Calder: Decades after suffering abuse, Waterville man offers a message and a warning
The man, who is on palliative care, tells his story about having been sexually abused as a child in an effort to spread awareness, warn parents to pay attention to their children and let children know it's OK to tell someone when abuse occurs, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2021
Friends and colleagues rally around dispatcher, Windsor firefighter battling serious illness
Due to a rare genetic condition, Adam Zibura, 32, of Windsor, must wait for a 100% match for a bone marrow transplant as part of his treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2021
Amid cancer battle, minister and playwright confronts mortality on and off stage
Diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer, David Butler sees his play about hospice care staged at Mad Horse Theatre in South Portland.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2021
Commentary: Rare form of slow-moving cancer can hide behind common symptoms
Symptom awareness of carcinoid cancer, my husband’s killer, is the key to earlier diagnoses, which can in turn save lives.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2021
MaineGeneral to honor cancer community with second annual Day of Hope
The Day of Hope combines two of the facility's largest annual events — Cancer Survivors Day and the Walk for Hope — into one.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2021
Cancer screenings take hit from pandemic
Nationally, there was an 85% decrease in breast cancer screenings, 75% decline in colon cancer screenings, 74% decrease in prostate cancer screenings and 56% decrease in lung cancer screenings in April 2020 compared to the same time period in 2019.
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PublishedJune 30, 2021
Women to swim, bike and run for cancer cure in virtual triathlon
Hundreds of women are set to compete in Tri for a Cure, which has adopted a virtual format for the second straight year.
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PublishedApril 18, 2021
Fundraiser to send 5-year-old Bath cancer patient to Disney World
Nelson-Walling, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma, wants to enjoy the park with his family before the next series of treatments.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Given months to live, Lewiston mom is ‘not ready to leave’
Jacklyn Ann Holt is battling cervical cancer that has spread to other areas.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2020
Maine tops New England for smoking, new lung cancer cases
Almost 18% of Maine people smoke, and that is 2.5 percentage points higher than the national average.
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