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Resilience Helps Doctor Bounce Back From Lung Cancer

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Serious illnesses can come at any time and affect different people in various ways, often depending upon when they’re diagnosed. But how often does true recovery occur, and what factors make that possible?

Dr. Michael Hewitt of Canyon Ranch in Tucson had a traditionally healthy lifestyle and had never been a smoker, but then he was told he had Stage 2 lung cancer. Hewitt says he was able to bounce back quicker than most, thanks to resilience.

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