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The Paducah Sun
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Bottom: Donned in their favorite blue, several Murray-Calloway County Hospital employees gather in the hospital's South Tower lobby to kick off National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month on Friday. Throughout March, the hospital will offer educational opportunities to the community about colorectal cancer. The deadly form of cancer has one of the highest mortality rates in the state, and kills about 900 people each year.
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Top: Radiation therapy supervisor Tonya Rittenberry; registered nurse Freda Thompson; cancer registry coordinator Donna Schmidt; education department secretary Sherry Jones, and nurse navigator Terri Walters pose with the Blue Plate special Baptist Health Paducah's cafeteria offered on National Dress in Blue Day on Friday. Blue events kicked off National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the nation and in the state.
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Top: Radiation therapy supervisor Tonya Rittenberry; registered nurse Freda Thompson; cancer registry coordinator Donna Schmidt; education department secretary Sherry Jones, and nurse navigator Terri Walters pose with the Blue Plate special Baptist Health Paducah’s cafeteria offered on National Dress in Blue Day on Friday. Blue events kicked off National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the nation and in the state.
Bottom: Donned in their favorite blue, several Murray-Calloway County Hospital employees gather in the hospital’s South Tower lobby to kick off National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month on Friday. Throughout March, the hospital will offer educational opportunities to the community about colorectal cancer. The deadly form of cancer has one of the highest mortality rates in the state, and kills about 900 people each year.
