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Health News You Can Use: Early Onset Breast Cancer and Detection

We’re talking about how younger women and men can monitor for breast cancer and recent updates in screening guidelines.

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Health News You Can Use: Metastatic Breast Cancer and Saint Luke's Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer

This week during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re talking about metastatic breast cancer and Saint Luke’s Koontz Center—the region’s only center dedicated and designed specifically for these patients.

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KCTV: Colon Cancer Survivor Urges Early Screening as Rates in Younger People Rise

KCTV talked to one local colon cancer survivor and Dr. Robert Amajoyi about the importance of screenings and when to start.

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KMBC: Kansas City Doctors Talk About Guns Being the Leading Cause of Death for US Children

Kansas and Missouri are among the worst states in the country for firearm deaths. Of the 50 states, Kansas is fifth-worst in the nation. Missouri is ninth.

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KSHB: 'Stop the bleed' increases shooting victim survival rate

A trauma surgeon at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City spoke with KSHB about the trauma team that mobilizes once an ambulance arrives, what has changed over the years in treating trauma victims, and why 'Stop the Bleed' is so important.

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Chillicothe Pastor Shares Journey of Colon Cancer to Raise Awareness for Early Screening

As a pastor in Chillicothe, Missouri, Jason Mosier, is used to encouraging others during difficult and trying times. He had no way of knowing a trip to the Hedrick Medical Center’s Emergency Department would lead him on one of the hardest journeys of his life.

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From Saint Luke’s Patient to Saint Luke’s Nurse—A Journey of a Lifetime

After a traumatic crash, Abi Sutton spent months recovering at Saint Luke's Hospital. Inspired by the team that cared for her, she became a nurse at the same hospital 20 years later.

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A Family of Fighters: Lynn’s Early Detection Story

Lynn vividly remembers how she felt when she found out she had stage 2 breast cancer at age 44, shortly after cancer claimed her sister’s life.

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Calm in the Chaos: Traumatic Crash Sends Cameron Man to Saint Luke’s

After a serious crash in rural Missouri, Mark Carr felt at ease in the hands of the Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City trauma team.

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A routine screening helped save Fabian

Fabian Hardy has been healthy all his life: he served in the military, he consistently ate well – including fruits and vegetables – exercised, saw his doctor regularly and had a clean bill of health.