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Chandler officials highlight high participation in first responder cancer screening pilot
Summary
Assistant Chief Keith Wiggins told the Chandler City Council study session that the department's pilot cancer-screening program has high participation and has identified several cancers; no formal vote was taken during the May 19 study session.
Assistant Chief Keith Wiggins presented Chandler Fire's first responder cancer screening pilot to the City Council at the May 19 study session, saying the program has achieved high participation and identified several cancers among department members.
Wiggins told the council that cancer is now the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths for firefighters nationally and summarized department screening results, including 95 percent participation in the first…
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