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Why is Prostate Cancer More Deadly in Arizona?
Survival rates for prostate cancer in Arizona are significantly lower than those across the United States, according to the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) 2024 Cancer Statistics Report. And although...
The Key to Reducing Lung Cancer in Georgia? Screening Early
New statistics from the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) 2024 report show that lung cancer rates in Georgia are significantly higher than the national average. An estimated 7,350 Georgians will be...
Atlanta Doctor Builds on Four Pillars of Survivorship after Diagnosis
The diagnosis came on Jan. 26, 2007: Stage 2A Hodgkin lymphoma."People don't forget the dates," says Anthony Perre, M.D., new patient intake physician at City of Hope®...
‘Tenacious fighter' beats advanced anal cancer
Bob and Donita Gibbs live life on their own terms. Together since 2015 (“It was divine intervention that our paths crossed, Bob says) they are full-time RVers, residing aboard a...
Talking Hope: “A new blessing every day”: Meet two-time cancer survivor Kathy Miller Willahan
More than a decade after her experience with breast cancer, Kathy was diagnosed in 2017 with Stage 4 mantle cell lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. After five years...
What’s behind rising colorectal cancer rates in young adults?
Andreas Kaiser, M.D., professor and chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, reviewed the scans of the anxious young woman sitting in his office. When he...
Researcher receives fellowship supporting gender equity in health care
Nadia Carlesso, Ph.D. As a member of the newest class of 24 women selected nationwide to participate in the Carol Emmott Fellowship, Nadia Carlesso, Ph.D., wants to take this unique and...
Brain cancer no match for immunotherapy trial
In 2014, Peter Valadez had a nagging neck pain that wouldn’t go away. Doctors thought it was a mastoid infection and prescribed antibiotics. But the pain persisted. Valadez, then 48...
Kidney cancer survivor pilots toward a promising future
When you hear Marcelo Vine talk about his passions — flying the experimental plane he built himself, winning national car races in his Porsche 944 — it’s hard to imagine...
Young patient overcomes rare dysgerminoma diagnosis
Bryn Cloud Bryn Cloud loves to ski, and she works hard during warmer months to keep in tip-top shape. So in March 2020, when symptoms stacked up — worsening lower-back pain...