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Beat The Odds

West Michigan 2012 Relay for Life Photo Gallery

8:24 AM, May 23, 2012

West Michigan Relay for Life teams from Rockford, Forest Hills, East Grand Rapids and Comstock Park take to the streets to recognize and celebrate those who've been touched by cancer.

Melanoma: The deadliest skin cancer

7:41 PM, Mar 20, 2012

Life expectancy after being diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma is only about 18 months.

VAI researchers making advancements in pancreatic cancer

6:20 PM, Oct 6, 2011

Steve Jobs had the rarest form pancreatic cancer affecting only  1% of the 10,000 yearly pancreatic cancer patients.

FDA using graphic pictures to discourage smoking

4:24 PM, Jun 21, 2011

The government's latest effort to prevent smoking includes graphic warning labels meant to convey the negative effects of tobacco use.

Beat the Odds: Living to 100

5:29 PM, Mar 15, 2011

Not even cancer has gotten the best of Irene Bacon.  Her most recent battle was against skin cancer. Before that, she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993.

Surviving skin cancer: Peter Ross's story

8:43 PM, Jan 24, 2011

WZZM 13'S Peter Ross learned the hard way that the longer you're exposed to the sun without protection the greater your chances of developing skin cancer.

Gilda's Sister to Sister Club works to support minority women with cancer

8:41 PM, Oct 19, 2010

It's a sad, but true fact, African American women have a 32% higher death rate from breast cancer than Caucasian women and Hispanic women are more frequently diagnosed at a later stage according to National Institute of Health.

Zeeland man survives stage four cancer thanks to new treatment

4:23 PM, Mar 17, 2010

Learning you have stage four cancer and only six months to live is enough to make you think the odds are against you, but a Zeeland man survived because of a radical chemotherapy treatment.

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Beat the Odds

3:33 PM, Feb 18, 2010

Knowing the signs of gynecological cancer can help you Beat the Odds

12:35 PM, Sep 23, 2009

Nearly a third of women diagnosed with gynecological cancer die from it. But there are ways you can Beat The Odds.

Beat The Odds with Rapid Arc Radiation Therapy

8:06 PM, Jun 16, 2009

Cancer death rates have dropped 15% in the last 20 years thanks in part to new radiation technology that targets cancer tumors and West Michigan has one of the most advanced radiation treatment centers.

Beat the Odds: Free mammograms save lives in tough economic times

9:50 AM, Feb 23, 2009

Grand Rapids, Mich. (WZZM) - There are more than a million residents in Michigan without health insurance forcing some to choose between paying the bills and getting regular health checks.

Prostate Cancer checkups can save your life

8:39 PM, Oct 21, 2008

28,000 men will die from prostate cancer this year but there are things you can do to reduce your chances of dying

Study: Many cancer patients forgoing care because of cost

8:52 AM, Oct 13, 2008

At a time when they're already fighting for their lives, more cancer patients are now struggling to pay for their medicines.