The annual Especially For You Race Against Breast Cancer, which raises money to provide financial assistance for breast and gynecological cancer screenings and services, set a record with 16,682 people registered in this, its 35th year.
Cancer treatments can have long-lasting side effects, including damage to the heart, that might not show up until years later. Cancer treatments can also exacerbate existing cardiovascular problems for patients at risk for heart disease.
Dr. Vincent Reid credits much of who he is today to a small lab in New York City, where he and other minorities were able to thrive through a rare oasis in a scientific world largely not built for them.
Patients say small gestures can have an out-sized impact when going through cancer treatment -- even if they’re from complete strangers.
For the first time, Mercy employees joined employees at United Fire Group Insurance to encourage patients at Hall-Perrine Cancer Center from the ground floor.
Mercy’s legacy of providing cancer care to the Cedar Rapids community dates back to 1956, when the first linear accelerator, a machine that aims radiation at cancer tumors with pinpoint accuracy, was gifted by Howard Hall.
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