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The Family Care Program is a program of the Nassif Community Cancer Center and is funded by a grant from Aiming for a Cure Foundation. Ellie Droesch of Cedar Rapids

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UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Nassif Radiation Center is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this week. The Nassif Radiation Center revolutionized cancer care in Cedar Rapids when the facility opened its

St. Luke’s Nassif Radiation Center opened its doors to provide radiation treatment to cancer patients in our community 10 years ago this month. The center boasts an experienced and tenured

Sayde Alexandrescu, MSES, MSYT, RYT, ACSM-CEP, exercise program specialist at the Nassif Community Cancer Center, discusses what patients need to know about our upcoming six-week workshop, Intro to Pelvic Floor

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