Mary Winfield admits it was a shock when she learned she had lung cancer. The Barefoot Bay resident hadn't smoked in over 35 years and thought it was just an infection when she began feeling excruciating pain.

Now, almost exactly a year after being treated by the thoracic oncology team at Sebastian River Medical Center, Ms. Winfield says she feels great, and everyone says she looks good as she approaches her 80th birthday.