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Former Sylacaugan Steve Phillips loses cancer battle

| Posted on Sunday, July 1 by Lee Perryman

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Steve Phillips passed away this morning after a 20-month battle with brain cancer. A graduate of Sylacauga High School and the University of Alabama, Phillips started his broadcast career at WMLS-AM (now WYEA-AM) in Sylacauga. While earning... Read More.

Plant-based diet converts breast cancer in mice from lethal to treatable form

| Posted on Monday, October 23 by Jeremy Law

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have found a dietary combination that transforms the most lethal of all breast cancers into a highly treatable breast cancer. Specifically, scientists involved in the Scientific Reports study say a... Read More.

Sylacauga City Council approves funding for TASER units and new four-way stop

| Posted on Wednesday, September 20 by Michael Brannon

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - The Sylacauga City Council addressed several agenda items at its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 19, one approving a funding request by Police Chief Kelley Johnson for the Sylacauga Police Department to purchase additional TASER units as part of a grant... Read More.

[WATCH NOW] Fayetteville child with rare brain cancer scores touchdown for FHS football team

| Posted on Monday, May 22 by Jeremy Law

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - The sixth year of a Fayettveville child's life has been everything other than ideal. Colton Brannen was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor shortly after the new year. His life since then has been filled with pain,... Read More.

New technology upgrade arrives in Sylacauga to battle cancer

| Posted on Thursday, April 27 by SylacaugaNews.com Digital Team

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - There is a new weapon in the fight against cancer and it has made its way to Sylacauga. On Wednesday morning, Thomas Beatrous, Doctor of Radiology Oncology at Coosa Valley Regional Cancer Care, discussed the options that... Read More.

Stories tagged with: cancer

Former Sylacaugan Steve Phillips loses cancer battle

Plant-based diet converts breast cancer in mice from lethal to treatable form

Sylacauga City Council approves funding for TASER units and new four-way stop

[WATCH NOW] Fayetteville child with rare brain cancer scores touchdown for FHS football team

New technology upgrade arrives in Sylacauga to battle cancer

Six-year-old with life-threatening brain tumor goes to prom

Sylacauga child cancer free after six-month battle

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