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There are many opinions on cancer screening, whether it's who should get mammograms or when to start testing for cervical cancer. That's why the Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute wants to help you receive the best information about when to get screened and what to get screened for, as well as help health care professionals encourage
Cancer Screening Myths & Facts for You and Your Loved Ones is a talk that will cover breast, colon, and lung cancer screening guidelines. Breast surgeon Dawn Leonard, surgical oncologist Arun Mavanur and oncologist Mayer Gorbaty will also discuss other cancers and when to screen, and a patient advocate will share.
The talk will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 11 at Northwest Hospital's Pike & Owings Rooms. Those at risk for developing cancer or people who would like to motivate/encourage others to be screened should attend. Pre-registration is required, so call 410-601-9355 today.
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By Deb Kirkland, RN, BSN, MPH Nurse Navigator, Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Center at Northwest Hospital Cancer is caused by mutations in our genes. Sometimes our body can repair these changes, but other times it cannot. About 90 percent of cancers...
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Cancer Screening Myths and Facts Discussed at Northwest
There are many opinions on cancer screening, whether it's who should get mammograms or when to start testing for cervical cancer. That's why the Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute wants to help you receive the best information about when to get screened and what to get screened for, as well as help health care professionals encourage
Cancer Screening Myths & Facts for You and Your Loved Ones is a talk that will cover breast, colon, and lung cancer screening guidelines. Breast surgeon Dawn Leonard, surgical oncologist Arun Mavanur and oncologist Mayer Gorbaty will also discuss other cancers and when to screen, and a patient advocate will share.
The talk will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 11 at Northwest Hospital's Pike & Owings Rooms. Those at risk for developing cancer or people who would like to motivate/encourage others to be screened should attend. Pre-registration is required, so call 410-601-9355 today.
- Kentuckians Rank High In Colorectal Cancer Deaths; Study Will Use Emergency Rooms To Promote Screening To Save Lives
University of Kentucky College of Nursing Associate Professor Jennifer Hatcher has received a two-year $359,528 grant for her project, ?Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screenings in Rural Emergency Departments.? The grant, given by the National Cancer Institute,...
- Medicare Plans To Pay For Lung-cancer Screening, A Boon To Ky.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plan to start paying for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans for people at high risk. Spiral CT (computed tomography), which is used to look for lung cancer, is a low-dose form of X-ray that...
- Prostate Cancer Screening At Northwest Hospital
In 2010, nearly 218,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and more than 32,000 men will die from it. If you are a man over the age of 50, it's likely time for a prostate exam. September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. A screening,...
- Breast Cancer Screening Offered
If you're a woman, mark your calender for Wednesday, October 7. That's when we're inviting you to join us for an evening of frank and honest discussion about women?s breast health hosted by WJZ-TV 13 news anchor Mary Bubala. Clinical breast...
- Genes And Breast Cancer
By Deb Kirkland, RN, BSN, MPH Nurse Navigator, Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Center at Northwest Hospital Cancer is caused by mutations in our genes. Sometimes our body can repair these changes, but other times it cannot. About 90 percent of cancers...