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Home » Awareness » When The Phone Rings

When The Phone Rings

  • March 28, 2022

A series of tests led to an unexpected cancer diagnosis and a summer reflecting on life, luck and the diligence of two doctors.

Karen Middleton is The Saturday Paper’s chief political correspondent. Click below to read Karen’s March 27th article on receiving a neuroendocrine cancer diagnosis.

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