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Life after cancer treatment is different. So are the health needs.

Nearly 10 years after Kara Kenan of North Carolina finished treatment for advanced breast cancer, her routine bloodwork revealed an increased level of an enzyme called alkaline phosphatase. Kenan's primary care doctor didn't think that was important, so he ordered no further tests.

Life after cancer treatment is different. So are the health needs.

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Nearly 10 years after Kara Kenan of North Carolina finished treatment for advanced breast cancer, her routine bloodwork revealed an increased level of an enzyme called alkaline phosphatase.

Kenan's primary care doctor didn't think that was important, so he ordered no further tests.

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Nearly 10 years after Kara Kenan of North Carolina finished treatment for advanced breast cancer, her routine bloodwork revealed an increased level of an enzyme called alkaline phosphatase. Kenan's primary care doctor didn't think that was important, so he ordered no further tests.

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