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More than 200 attend Tanner’s ‘Celebration of Life’

from press release: posted 12:35 a.m., 1/28/2012

A crowd of more than 200 cancer survivors and their guests braved stormy weather Thursday night to turn out for Tanner Health System’s third annual Celebration of Life at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton. The event is Tanner’s annual celebration for local cancer survivors – both those who received their treatment at Tanner, as well as those who received care elsewhere.

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