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KYLE: GENETIC TESTING FOR
HOLLYWOOD TREND -- IS NOW
AVAILABLE AT A FAMILY PRACTICE
-- FAIRFIELD.
I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
ABOUT RISK FOR CANCER IN THE
POPULATION.
KYLE: DR. GREG FEERO'S MAINE
CANCER FOUNDATION GRANT HELPS
PATIENTS MAP OUT THEIR RISK FOR
TWO CANCER TYPES.
HEREDITARY BREAST AND OVARIAN
CANCER SYNDROME ELEVATES BREAST
CANCER RISK AND OVARIAN CANCER
RISK.
LYNCH SYNDROME ELEVATES
COLORECTAL CANCER RISK.
KYLE: ONE IN 250 PEOPLE ARE
AFFECTED BY ONE OR BOTH
SYNDROMES, AND HE SAYS FINDING
THEM IN A RURAL PART OF MAINE IS
IMPORTANT.
THROUGH FAMILY HISTORY AND
EVENTUALLY GENETIC TESTING CAN
ALLOW YOU TO GET THESE
INDIVIDUALS INTO EARLIER AND
MORE FREQUENT CANCER SCREENINGS.
KYLE: MAKING THE FIRST STEPS IN
GENETIC TESTING MORE ACCESSIBLE.
LINDA NADEAU: EARLY DETECTION
MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
KYLE: COLON CANCER SURVIVOR
LINDA NADEAU SAYS ACCESS TO
TREATMENT AT THE CANCER CARE
CENTER OF YORK COUNTY HELPED HER
REACH A MILESTONE.
LINDA NADEAU: THIS WEEK, I WAS
DECLARED CANCER FREE.
KYLE: THE CENTER IS THE ONLY
INDEPENDENT TREATMENT CENTER IN
FACILITY IN YORK COUNTY.
IT'S CELEBRATING TEN YEARS IN
SANFORD WITH MAJOR UPGRADES.
RIGHT HERE INSIDE THIS ROOM.
THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
GETTING READY FOR A STATE OF THE
AND THAT MACHINE WILL BE THE
NEWEST TECHNOLOGY, ONLY
AVAILABLE IN YORK COUNTY.
MAKING TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN
CANCERS MORE PRECISE, MORE
ACCURATE AND DELIVERED MORE
QUICKLY IN TOWN.
DR. PHILIP VILLIOTTE: I THINK
IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH ALL
HEALTHCARE THEY NEED.
KYLE: LINDA SAYS IT'S LIKE A
COMMUNITY HERE.
LINDA NADEAU: WHEN YOU FINALLY
FINISH UP TREATMENT YOU KIND OF
FEEL THAT ABOUT IT, BECAUSE
KYLE: BUT SOME RELATIONSHIPS DO
YOU'RE A PATIENT OR SURVIVOR.