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After spending much of her career in health care working for a pacemaker manufacturer, 52-year-old Annmarie Neal didn’t expect to have a health scare of her own. It was 2023, and after her mother became ill, Annmarie decided to move from Denver, Colorado, to Kansas City, Missouri, to be closer to her parents. She was looking forward to a slower pace of life—but life had other plans.

Alexis Ellington has a renewed outlook on life after being the first Saint Luke's patient to receive a new cancer treatment called Bispecific T-cell Engagers therapy, or BiTE.

Sixteen-year-old Cheri Rich has sewn more than 200 drain bags for Saint Luke's mastectomy patients as a way to give back to other families who are fighting the battle against cancer.

As 37-year-old Diamon Masterson watched his doctor study his CT scan results, he could tell from a puff of air that escaped the doctor’s mouth that the news was bad.