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Learn about Buddy Check 10

Learn about Buddy Check 10

Learn about Buddy Check 10

A SIMPLE REMINDER THAT A REGULAR BREAST SELF-EXAM CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.

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Buddy Check 10: 'Hello Gorgeous' program helps cancer patients feel beautiful

Cheveux Salon in Newport is the only place in Tennessee where women undergoing chemo can step foot into a "Hello Gorgeous" makeover experience and walk out feeling like themselves again.

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Buddy Check 10: "Hello Gorgeous"

Tonight, Katie Inman takes us to Newport, where a group of women rolls out the red carpet to give back the beauty cancer steals.

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Buddy Check 10: East TN woman living cancer-free after 17-year fight

As part of the 20th anniversary of the Buddy Check 10 program, we revisit Nita Crumpton, a woman who is now living cancer-free after a 17-year fight.

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Buddy Check 10: Cleaning for a Reason

The national nonprofit Cleaning for a Reason helps women who

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Knoxville male breast cancer survivor encourages others

James Mathis is one of the relatively few men who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, he hopes sharing his story will encourage everyone.

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Komen Race for the Cure 2018: What you need to know

The race raises money for the Susan G. Komen foundation which supports the fight against breast cancer. It will start and end in Worlds Fair Park and wind around the perimeter of downtown Knoxville.

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Buddy Check: Hiking for Healing

A group of women spend time in the mountains to mend the pains of breast cancer and grow their friendship.

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Buddy Check 10: Hiking for Healing

A woman named Dolphin and her group of friends called "The Dolphin Pod," take breast cancer survivors and those currently battling breast cancer on hikes through the Smokies so they can experience the healing of nature and friendship.

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Buddy Check 10: Taking Aim at Breast Cancer

Breast cancer survivors got the chance to feel empowered while also using some firepower to take a shot at their worst enemy--- their disease.

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Buddy Check 10: living strong with fitness classes for cancer survivors

The 12-week class allows cancer patients and survivors the opportunity to build their physical and mental health as well as work out with a community who understands.

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Buddy Check 10: Newport nurse helps others while healing from breast cancer

"I would rather take care of somebody than myself, so it's been really hard to be on the other side of things."

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Buddy Check 10: Helping while healing

After many prayers and support from everyone around her, Marissa had a bilateral mastectomy and found out she was cancer free at the end of 2018.

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BuddyCheck10: living strong with fitness classes for cancer survivors

The 12-week class allows cancer patients and survivors the opportunity to build their physical and mental health as well as workout with a community who understands.

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Buddy Check 10: Class for survivors

A class for cancer patients and survivors at local YMCAs gives a whole new meaning to the word strong.

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Buddy Check: Taking aim at breast cancer

It's the tenth of the month, which means it's time for a Buddy Check 10 and a focus on how some women are using firepower for empowerment.

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