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Treatment Overkill: Unneeded Scans, Therapy and Surgery Only Add To Patients’ Ills

October 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

After Kathi Kolb was diagnosed with breast cancer, her doctor recommended seven weeks of daily radiation treatments. She persuaded him to shorten treatment to three weeks, based on clinical trials showing that the condensed course works just as well. (Katye Martens Brier for KHN)

Though ample evidence shows breast-cancer radiation treatment for many can be drastically cut down, less than half those eligible received it despite the additional cost and inconvenience.

Carnage Embroidered in Pink Hope at Flag-Raising for Breast-Cancer Awareness

October 3, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Flagler County Fire Rescue had coated an entire firetruck in pink to mark the month-long Pink Army campaign, aimed at raising money and awareness for breast-cancer prevention, detection and research.

Two Sisters and a Solar-Electric Boat, on a 9-Day Journey for a Cause on ICW, Dock in Palm Coast

November 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Nancy and Paula Frainetti are spending nine days aboard a solar-aided electric boat from Miami to Jacksonville to raise awareness and money for breast cancer–and for electric boating.

Pink Army’s Legions Take to Palm Coast for Breast Cancer Battles Past, Present and Future

October 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Some 800 runners, walkers and cheerers gathered for Florida Hospital Flagler’s annual Pink Army Run through Palm Coast’s Town Center Sunday morning in the continuing battle against a disease that claims the lives of 40,000 women a year.

Breast Cancer Therapy Technique at Florida Hospital Flagler Now Reduces Radiation Exposure

August 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Prone Breast Board radiation therapy technique, allowing patients to rest on their stomach rather than their back, significantly decreases radiation exposure to the lungs and heart.

Kangaroo Express Donates $110,000 To Florida Hospital’s Breast Cancer Pink Army

December 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Florida Hospital Flagler received approximately $37,000 of the sums raised ntirely by customers’ donations at the Kangaroo Express registers throughout October in several counties, with the balance going to other Florida Hospital campuses.

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