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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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One Scan Saved My Life: How One Woman's Story Will Change the Way We Detect Lung Cancer

One Scan Saved My Life: How One Woman's Story Will Change the Way We Detect Lung Cancer

Kupperman Boehler, Shira

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralMedical ReferenceCancer

Publisher Price: $28.99

ISBN10: 1510788026
ISBN13: 9781510788022
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.04 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.28
Language: English
A NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLER

A powerful call to reform how we screen for the deadliest cancer, proving that early detection can save lives long before symptoms begin.

She was forty-four, the picture of health -- a devoted mother of four, a daily runner, a kale enthusiast who never smoked a day in her life. But when she signed up for a routine health scan just to be safe, she discovered the unthinkable: fast-growing stage I lung cancer.

In her searing and hopeful memoir, Shira Kupperman Boehler tells the story of how one moment upended everything -- and how it may have saved her life. As she navigates surgery, recovery, and the emotional aftershocks of a diagnosis that shouldn't have happened, she uncovers a staggering truth: by the time most lung cancers are found, it's too late -- not because we can't detect them earlier, but because our health system doesn't.

Part personal journey, part urgent call to action, One Scan Saved My Life shines a light on the silent epidemic affecting millions of Americans -- including nonsmokers, women, and young adults -- who are excluded from current screening guidelines. With clarity and conviction and backed by the input of medical and policy experts, Shira makes a powerful case for expanding early-detection policies and rethinking how we define risk.

A story of resilience and the power of speaking up, One Scan Saved My Life asks one simple question that could change everything: What if prevention didn't come too late?

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