Jim Copen's granddaughter alerted him to a health problem, which turned out to be a rare form of cancer. Photo courtesy Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (formerly SCCA Proton Therapy Center).

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Bainbridge Island Man Shares his Story of Surviving Cancer

Jim Copen received proton radiation for a rare form of cancer

When Jim Copen went to pick up his 6-year-old granddaughter, she pointed out something unusual about him that she hadn’t noticed before