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From RiverBender.com, gathered by 6AM News, 6AM City’s local news service, in the last two days.
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Woman Battling Stage 4 Cancer Gets Access To Revolutionary Drug, on RiverBender.comTold she had just six months to live following a Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis, Joy Amundson was running out of options. For nearly 12 years, the 53-year-old Peoria, Illinois native had endured cancer spreading throughout her body and six different treatment approaches, including surgery, chemotherapy and immunotherapy. A massive tumor in her liver had grown to more than 10 centimeters (roughly the size of a bar of soap), compressing her stomach and making it difficult to eat. Cancer had also
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Cancer careA team at OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute in Peoria found a potential treatment never approved for the specific disease of Joy Amundson, a 53-year-old Peoria native with Stage 4 lung cancer.
A team at OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute in Peoria found a potential treatment never approved for the specific disease of Joy Amundson, a 53-year-old Peoria native with Stage 4 lung cancer. Getting it to her required special permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
News Notes · Today’s editionSource: RiverBender.com
CO2 projectMore than 200 residents gathered at the Brimfield American Legion Sunday night and voiced health and safety concerns about a proposed carbon dioxide storage project.
More than 200 residents gathered at the Brimfield American Legion Sunday night and voiced health and safety concerns about a proposed carbon dioxide storage project. Lapis Carbon Solutions and BioUrja Renewables want to move CO2 from BioUrja's Peoria ethanol facility to an underground injection well near Texas Road in rural Peoria County.
News Notes · Tuesday’s editionSource: WEEK 25 News Now