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Cancer Survivor Celebrates by Dancing with Scripps Doctor

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Irene Hutchins, M.D.,her patient Steve Valentine,

Irene Hutchins, M.D., and her patient Steve Valentine, both accomplished ballroom dancers, made a pact to dance together once he had recovered from late-stage Burkitt lymphoma. They performed their victory dance June 11 during Cancer Survivors Day at Scripps Green Hospital, in La Jolla, California, where Hutchins treated Valentine.

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