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Our Someone 2 Know this is someone we met when she was still in middle school. Now a young adult of 20 - she is fighting her second battle with cancer. 

In competitive running, when an athlete picks up speed during the last 100 meters or so, it's referred to as "the kick." UNR distance runner Erika Root is a master at it. Little did she know she would have to use that same grit to kick cancer. 

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It's not uncommon for women to wear a wigs when they are going through cancer treatment. However, sometimes it can be even harder for a little girl to find one that fits. What a celebrity hair dresser is doing to spread some Christmas cheer in Health Watch.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. For Barbara Owens this couldn't be more true. Barbara's battle started before breast cancer. In our special Breast Cancer 2 Bikini Health Watch series, find out who inspired Barbara to fight through it all.

Once chemotherapy, radiation, mastectomies and, in some cases, reconstruction surgeries are over, many breast cancer survivors ask the question - what now? For a group of area women, the answer is to take back their bodies with fitness, fellowship and an itty-bitty bikini. Meet the Breast Cancer 2 Bikini ladies in Health Watch.

More women than ever are surviving ovarian cancer. The disease has long been associated with a very, high death rate, but according to researchers, that is changing.