Cancer Awareness
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer in general is a disease of the elderly and screening has been a big topic of medical conversation and controversy forever even though… Continue Reading
The Silent Operator
Ovarian cancer is generally detected when it is in stage III or IV. Early detection for this particular cancer is usually an incidental finding because… Continue Reading
Standing Firm For Your Health
It's been nearly one year since the controversial 2009 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation that women have screening mammography only between the… Continue Reading
The Big "C"…What's It All About?
Thankfully, there have been many wonderful advances in the treatment of cancer and more people are surviving and surviving well. Surgery is less radical, chemotherapy… Continue Reading
Surgery For Skin Cancer
Each year approximately 700,000 people develop skin cancer, making it the most common malignancy. Ten thousand people die each year from skin cancer, mostly from… Continue Reading
Mammography Screening Who, What, When?
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women (except for skin cancer), and it is one of the leading causes of cancer death in… Continue Reading
What You Need To Know About Acupuncture and Cancer
Cancer has become so common that most of us know at least one person who has been diagnosed with some form of it. It is… Continue Reading
Imaging For Breast Cancer
I have heard many excuses for not having a mammogram I don't have time; It's painful; I don't have breast cancer in my family; I… Continue Reading
Lymphedema What Every Woman With Breast Cancer Should Know
Women whohave been treatedfor breast cancer may be at risk for lymphedema, or arm swelling. Many womenwho have had breast cancer will not develop this… Continue Reading
Asking Questions, Getting Answers For Good Health
Over 26,000 Marylanders are reported with cancer each year. We can be grateful for our excellent physicians, diagnostic tools and treatments. But we can’t simply… Continue Reading
