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KCTV: Early On-Set Breast Cancer and the Importance of Early Detection

While the mortality rate for breast cancer in the U.S. has significantly declined from its peak in 1989, incidence among younger women has steadily increased each year since 2001, according to the American Cancer Society.

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Far from Home: One Traveler’s Trip to a Life-Saving Surgery

What should have been a dream getaway became a nightmare when a car accident forced Kelsey O’Connor and her friend off the road and into emergency care in a foreign country.

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KSHB: Kidney Transplant Recipient Shares Story, Encourages Organ Donation

Diane Hick's two sisters suffered from kidney failure before passing, and her doctor saw similar complications in her. She worried she would face a similar fate, but a kidney transplant through Saint Luke's changed the game.

Patient Stories

Game On: Kidney Transplant Helps Chiefs Fan Make a Big Comeback

Five years ago, 66-year-old Diane Hicks had a health scare that turned out to be a turning point for her entire life. She learned she needed to seriously consider a kidney transplant to improve her overall health and life expectancy.

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"Grateful and Humbled": The Back-to-Back Transplants at Saint Luke's that Saved One Man's Life

Anthony Weatherspoon, 68, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, remembers it like it was yesterday: The day he wasn’t feeling very well in 2024. “I didn’t know what was up,” Anthony says, with his wife, Peggy, at his side.

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Jenna Bell: One Year After Heart Transplant

One in three women will die from heart disease. Jenna fought to live.