Concerns about brain cancer cases in Piatt County grow, but Illinois public health agency yet to investigate - Investigate Midwest
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Concerns about brain cancer cases in Piatt County grow, but Illinois public health agency yet to investigate - Investigate Midwest
Lessie Ann Patterson lived in Monticello, Illinois, for 25 years before dying in 2015 from glioblastoma, a rapidly advancing brain cancer with an average survival time of 12 to 18 months. Belinda Barnhart, Patterson’s stepdaughter, witnessed firsthand the effects of glioblastoma in her family.“There was no clear reason why she ended up with it,” Barnhart said in an interview. “And then when you hear about so many of them in the Monticello area, …
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