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June 17, 2024
MedStar Health Research Institute is now enrolling patients in the prospective, multi-center Pathfinder 2 trial of an early detection test for multiple types of cancer. The sooner cancer is found, th...
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April 20, 2022How Improved Access, Collaboration, and Education May Reduce Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment.
Across the country, breast cancer survival rates have steadily increased over the past three decades, thanks to advances in screening mammography and personalized medicine. However, not every populati...
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April 15, 2022
By 2030, an estimated 50% of U.S. adults will be obese—a sharp increase from the approximately 33% who are obese in 2022. With obesity rates on the rise, there’s no better time to bring awareness to ...
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March 30, 2022
By MedStar Team
Here’s what you need to know about bone cancer, a rare but life-threatening type of cancer. -
March 18, 2022
Colon cancer is the third-most commonly diagnosed cancer in U.S. adults, excluding skin cancers. And the trend of cancer in younger patients continues, with diagnoses and death rates on the rise in p...
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March 16, 2022
By Marc E. Boisvert, MD, Breast Surgery
Radiation therapy plays a critical role in preventing cancer recurrence and is often recommended for women with breast cancer undergoing a lumpectomy. However, traditional radiation therapy requires ...
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March 11, 2022
By Sara E. Berkey, MD, Colon & Rectal Surgery
When a patient is diagnosed with early-stage colon cancer, we start talking right away about how to keep it from coming back after treatment. Though thinking that far ahead might seem strange...