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Ingram's talked to Dr. Marc Roth and Blake Buzard with Saint Luke's Hospital Center for Precision Oncology about the rapid pace of advances in precision medicine.

More than 10 years after his diagnosis, he’s helping other people with the same rare cancer to hold on to hope.

This year, Michelle almost skipped her preventive screening, but instead of skipping, she chose to get her first 3D mammogram. And like many women, she wasn’t aware that it was now covered by insurance.

Mindy, a teacher in Blue Springs, has a family history of breast cancer, so it wasn’t a surprise when her doctor recommended she start annual mammograms at the age of 35.

What began as a middle-of-the-night trip to the bathroom turned into a nightmare—and then a miracle—for 83-year-old Chillicothe resident Shirley Eskew. After getting out of bed, Shirley slipped and fell. “I just hit the concrete hard,” she remembers. Things got blurry after that, but she did manage to call for help and get to the emergency room at Hedrick Medical Center.

Reconnecting with a former high school classmate turned out to be a saving grace in Lori’s life.