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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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October 21, 2020
Some people may delay a lung cancer screening or other routine screenings out of fear of diagnosis. But the truth is, getting screened early can significantly improve your chances of survival if somet...
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October 15, 2020
By Christopher M. Gallagher, MD
After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women; only lung cancer is deadlier. This serious disease will affect over 275,000 American women this year alone. Of those, 42,000 will n...
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October 08, 2020
Seven years ago, Lynel McFadden was diagnosed with stage one, triple negative breast cancer, and she was understandably scared. She had been referred to another healthcare organization and that ...
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September 23, 2020
Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in men and women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. But a diagnosis doesn’t have to be a death sentence wh...
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September 17, 2020
Prostate cancer is among the most common cancers in the United States, but also among the most survivable. Although it’s estimated that as many as 80 percent of men will develop it, most forms of the...
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September 08, 2020
By Min Deng, MD
It can certainly be frightening to hear the diagnosis: that innocent-looking spot on your face is a skin cancer. And it’s going to require surgery. But Mohs micrographic surgery can provide peace of ...