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Monday, September 28, 2015

One Teen’s Mission to Achieve Her Goals in Spite of Cancer

Hannah Tate, an 18-year-old native of Alcoa, Tenn, is determined that cancer won’t stop her from achieving her goals. With focus, resolve and an upbeat spirit, she’s proof that the old adage is true: where there’s a will, there’s a way.  A member of her high school basketball team, Hannah was active and busy with senior activities, making plans for graduation and prom, when she learned last year that she had a rare form of kidney cancer called Wilms Tumor. Hannah was told that she’d... Read More
Posted by John Parie at Monday, September 28, 2015

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