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Press Items for Condition: colorectal cancer

Patient Stories

Mia and Elizabeth....walking for their dad
Being told you have cancer is never easy for anyone, but being told you have cancer when you have four- and six-year-old daughters at home is difficult at best.
Nancy May (colorectal cancer survivor)
It’s been over a decade since Nancy May and her husband moved to Salem—a move she considers fortuitous not just because she loves living in the small waterfront city, but because it’s within easy reach of the North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) Cancer Center in Peabody. In 2003, after she received a diagnosis of Stage 3 colorectal cancer, she discovered just how relevant that proximity was.