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When Art Gives Healing Wings
Eileen Cashbaugh first found herself in West Clinic in 2000, staring at the antiseptic walls of treatment rooms as she assisted her mother in her battle with lung cancer. Four years later, she stared at the walls again, after finding a lump in her breast that sent her on a journey through lumpectomy, recurrence and [...]
Continue reading...Breast Cancer Prevention: A Few Measures to Consider
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A significant amount of focus and research is concentrated on the identification, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer. U.S. dollars spent on breast cancer research near 4 billion. However, we still are unsure of the exact causes and don’t have definitive ways to prevent it. Of course, there are some risk factors that cannot be [...]
Continue reading...The Art of Growing New Wings - Cover Story
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Artist and breast cancer survivor Dawn Hamm knows how to grow new wings. Hamm came full circle in life, ironically returning to the same place her mother found herself at the same age. She sites her mother, 72 and an accomplished painter, among her chief influences. “My mother Freida Hamm is a wonderful artist and painter who [...]
Continue reading...House Call - Breast Cancer
Thursday, November 6, 2008
This week we speak with Dr. Donald S. Gravenor about Breast Cancer. Question: Are there any pills that can prevent breast cancer? Answer: Breast cancer prevention is best directed against women who are at increased risk of developing cancer. Genetic forms of breast cancer predisposition are largely managed surgically as well as medically. When postmenopausal women who [...]
Continue reading...Detecting Colon Cancer Early is Key
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Tremendous advances have been made in the treatment of colorectal cancer, offering more patients the opportunity to live longer. A quick glance at the numbers Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a relatively common cancer that affects about 150,000 patients in the U.S. each year. It is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S. and the second [...]
Continue reading...Digital Mammography: Is It Right For You?
Friday, October 31, 2008
Last month was National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Mid South featured some great events to raise money and awareness, including the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk and the Komen Foundation’s Race for the Cure. However, with an estimated 182,000 new cases of breast cancer expected to occur among women in [...]
Continue reading...ViziLite Technology: A Shining Hope Against Oral Cancer
Friday, October 31, 2008
When talking about oral cancer, I find a mixed bag of good and bad news. First, let’s talk about the good news. Dentists now have a tool to help detect and identify oral cancer much earlier than ever before, potentially reducing the devastating impacts of this disease on victims and their families. Due to early screening [...]
Continue reading...Setting the Record Straight:Common Misconceptions About Cancer
Monday, August 25, 2008
Family Cancer Center Cancer is a scary subject. As a hematologist (blood disorder specialist) and oncologist (cancer specialist), I treat patients everyday and find myself fielding their questions. Interestingly enough, I find that many questions hold common misconceptions about cancer and that I hear similar questions frequently.
Continue reading...Quality Living with Cancer: The Vital Spine
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute The National Cancer Institute estimates that there are currently 10.8 million cancer survivors living in the United States, which is an astounding 3.7 percent of the population. Fourteen percent of these long-term survivors were diagnosed over twenty years ago. That’s great news and speaks to better awareness and prevention, [...]
Continue reading...Newest Radiation Therapy at Methodist Hospital Zaps Tumors with Pinpoint Precision
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Methodist Hospital Memphis, Tenn. – Henry McFall of Savannah, Tenn., was the first patient to undergo stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), the most advanced radiation treatment to target tumors, at Methodist University Hospital. He had a tumor wrapped around a vertebra in his thoracic spine that was causing him excruciating pain.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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