Two recent reports from the Iowa Cancer Registry revealed that four types of cancers are contributing to Iowa having the second-highest cancer incidence rates — rate of new cancer cases — in the country. Despite cancer incidence rates decreasing on a national level, Iowa is one of six states to have a rising rate for […]
Abbie Whittemore, a senior at Drake University, saw her life change last April when diagnosed with plasmacytoma of the bone, a rare plasma cell cancer that mainly affects people ages 55 to 65. Over the past six months Whittemore endured hours of daily radiation therapy treatments, doctors’ appointments, procedures, excruciating pain and newfound health anxiety. […]
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