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Fargo North High School Celebrates Fourth Annual “Relay for Life”

Cancer survivors walked a lap around the Fargo North track to kick off the ceremony

April 13, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — After months of preparation, Relay for Life at Fargo North High School celebrated its fourth annual celebration. The event promotes cancer awareness, and honor those who have lost their fight to cancer or are currently fighting the disease, while also donating the funds to the American Cancer Society A dozen survivors walked around the track to kick…

Sanford is Celebrating the Lives of Neck and Head Cancer Survivors

A lot of our patients don't have a friend or a relative that have gone through similar experiences

April 5, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Sanford Health is celebrating the lives of those who have won their battle to neck and head cancer. Survivors are discussing their journeys and how Sanford helped them win their fight. They say they have a new perspective on life after cancer taught them an important lesson. “I’m not invincible and when you hear the words ‘you…

At Home Colon Cancer Screening Test Many Don’t Know Exist

Colon cancer can be detected early but many are reluctant to get tested because of the colonoscopy, but this gives people a second option

March 15, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Many people aren’t aware about an alternative screening test you can do in the comfort of your own home. “Any Lab Test Now” offers the screening in Fargo that you can pick up without going to the doctor first. Colon cancer can be detected early but many are reluctant to get…

MSUM Spelling Bee Raises Awareness for Cancer Research

Students competed by spelling cancer-related words

February 28, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — MSUM students put on a spelling bee to raise awareness for cancer research in partnership with a non-profit called With Purpose. “We just want to create awareness in a way that’s fun and that can include kids too without making it too serious, but also making it serious enough,” said Samantha Rushford, With Purpose group leader. That’s why students…

Benefit For Local West Fargo Man Battling Cancer Raises Over $5,000

lend a hand donated half of the money

February 26, 2018

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WEST FARGO, N.D. — Blessed Sacrament Church in West Fargo held a benefit on Sunday for one of its members battling cancer. They raised $5,000 for Terry Krauth who’s been fighting cancer of the jaw since 2016. “Lend a Hand” in Fargo then matched the funds and donated the money to Krauth. He works as a night custodian at South…

Blessed Sacrament Puts on Benefit for Local West Fargo Man Battling Cancer

Terry Krauth was diagnosed with cancer of the jaw in 2016

February 25, 2018

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WEST FARGO, N.D. — Emotions ran high at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in West Fargo today. But it wasn’t because everyone was hoping to yell “bingo” and win the jackpot. It’s because of the real reason they were all there: Terry Krauth. “It’s very honestly overwhelming. The number of family members, the church members, people we’ve known forever in the community…

Groundbreaking Research at NDSU Could Change the Future of Cancer

Patients that die because of these two diseases are dying because of the metastasis

February 18, 2018

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FARGO, ND — In the world we currently live in, there is no cure for cancer but in many forms, such as breast and prostate cancer, it can be cured if caught early. But what happens when that cancer spreads? It could mean the end of a life…but NDSU is changing what that could mean in the future. KVRR’s Jessie…

Fundraiser Helping Former NDSU Engineering Student Battling Cancer

Tyler Robertson is living with Glioblastoma, a treatable but not curable, type of cancer that can occur in the brain or spinal cord

February 11, 2018

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FARGO, ND — NDSU is hosting its annual ‘Battle of the Cents–es’ fundraising competition, but this year, it will benefit a former student battling cancer. Tyler Robertson is living with Glioblastoma, a treatable but not curable, type of cancer that can occur in the brain or spinal cord. The funds will be going towards his medical bills for treatment. The…

Benefit for Sharron Ahlfeldt Living With Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Today Sharron Ahlfeldt is still battling her cancer and her co–workers are trying to help

January 14, 2018

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FARGO, ND — Six years ago a North Dakota woman with soft tissue sarcoma was told she had a year and a half to live. Today Sharron Ahlfeldt is still battling her cancer and her co–workers are trying to help. A benefit was held at First Lutheran Church in Fargo to raise funds for current and ongoing medical expenses. More…

Claire’s Recalling Makeup Over Asbestos Concerns

The company is launching an investigation and is issuing full refunds to concerned customers

December 28, 2017

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NATIONAL — A teen jewelry and makeup store is pulling products off the shelves after reports of asbestos in its makeup. Claire’s has recalled 17 makeup products in its stores across the nation after the products tested positive for the cancer-causing substance. The discovery was made after a mother sent some of her daughter’s makeup into an independent testing lab…