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A Peabody teacher’s hopeful future after early breast cancer diagnosis

DANVERS — Getting an annual mammogram is critical for women over 40. Peabody teacher and Georgetown resident Pam Davies knows that better than most.

Davies, a first-grade teacher of 31 years at the Captain Samuel Brown Elementary School, was diagnosed with stage-zero breast cancer three days before school let out in June.


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