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Cancer is an unexpected path. Since 2005, Benefis Sletten Cancer Institute
has been blazing the trail for advanced cancer care. And now with your support,
we will forge new paths to prevention, early detection, and survivorship. We are
focused on our patients' needs because every cancer survivor is on their own
path. Join us in letting them know they don't walk alone.
Arika Hagel
Unexpected path: Losing sister-in-law
Amanda to stage 4 breast cancer in
2020. Amanda was just 38 years old.
"We had not thought about genetic
counseling before Amanda was
diagnosed because we had not been
so personally touched by cancer. We
have a 13-year-old and a 7-year-old.
Just having that worry taken away for
my boys is important. It gives so much
more hope that it will be just a chapter
in our lives instead of the ending."
We are expanding our focus
on genetic counseling because
family is what keeps us going,
and prevention and early detection
are the best paths forward.
Benefis.org/Foundation