Faces of Cancer

Faces of Cancer: Love overcomes cancer for couple

Today, one Richland couple will focus on the endless love they have for each other rather than the cancer that surrounds their lives.

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FACES OF CANCER

Faces of Cancer: Tri-City doctor has cancer on his mind

Dr. Thomas Rado never stops thinking about cancer. He spends long hours at Columbia Basin Hematology & Oncology in Kennewick helping 12 to 14 patients per day and checking their treatments. When he isn't with a patient, he is overseeing the burgeoning research department he has built at CBHO.
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Faces of Cancer: Basin farmworker battles lymphoma

MESA -- Nearly a quarter-century ago, Federico Alvarado came to America looking for a better life. Through the years, he has toiled on farms in the Columbia Basin to provide for his family and help his children go to college.
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Faces of Cancer: Brother saved Tri-City restaurant owner's life

When Tri-City restaurateur Marty Martin was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2007, there was one chance in 10 million that his brother might also have the same disease, especially since there was no family history of cancer and both were under 50.
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Faces of Cancer: Kennewick couple faced cancer together

KENNEWICK — After spending more than five years battling two kinds of cancer between them, one Kennewick couple not only is happy to be on the other side but also views life quite differently.
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Faces of Cancer: 'Tuesday's Girls' offer support to each other

Every Tuesday, a group of women meets to walk, talk and have lunch together in the Tri-Cities. They all have one thing in common: they beat cancer.
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Faces of Cancer: Kennewick woman helps others through cancer fight

KENNEWICK — A Kennewick woman who battled breast cancer remembers how she felt during treatment and has dedicated her life to helping others going through the same experience.
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Faces of Cancer: Richland woman vigilant in finding, fighting cancer

It is hard to imagine someone more diligent in checking for cancer than Terri Butz. Yet even so, the Richland woman didn't catch her breast cancer until it almost was too late.
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Faces of Cancer: Salon owner helps others battle cancer

Before becoming friends with someone who had cancer, Franki Anderson didn't even realize the Tri-Cities had a cancer center. Today, she is one of its biggest supporters.
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Faces of Cancer: West Richland woman takes holistic approach to battle

WEST RICHLAND -- Cancer. It might just be the scariest word in the English language.
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Faces of Cancer: Kennewick man goes through 96 rounds of chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a common way to battle cancer, and it's often a nasty procedure in which toxic chemicals are pumped into a patient with the intent of attacking and killing cancer cells.