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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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November 01, 2016
By Christopher M. Gallagher, MD
Most women with early-stage breast cancer discover the disease only after screening with a mammogram. Symptoms may not present in a dramatic or noticeable way, so women diagnosed with early-stage brea...
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October 27, 2016
Cathy Kalimon comes from a family with a strong medical background. Her father was a physician, and Cathy herself spent more than 20 years as an ophthalmic technician. Having this background has alway...
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October 25, 2016
By Cheryl Hughes, Licensed clinical social worker, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
One of the first thoughts many patients have after learning they have cancer is, “How do I tell my children?”At first, you may be inclined to avoid the question altogether. This is understandable; you...
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October 21, 2016Screening tests are a powerful weapon in the fight against breast cancer. Mammography is a breast cancer screening tool used to help doctors pinpoint when a change has occurred in a woman’s breast. In spite of these benefits, and in spite of having health insurance, too many women in Washington, D.C. are forgoing their annual breast cancer mammograms out of fear.
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October 20, 2016
For many women, the fear of breast cancer is very real, due to certain risk factors - for example, a family history of breast cancers, being a member of a high-risk group or even aging. The presence o...
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October 18, 2016
According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer within their lifetime - and of those cases, one in 39 will prove to be fatal. However, with earl...