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Addie Napierski felt a little foggy as she looked up at the hospital lights. “Oh yeah,” she thought, abruptly aware of where she was. Her mom, April, sat nearby, looking anxious and waiting for Addie to wake up enough to hear the news
The diagnosis was “carcinoma of unknown primary origin.” At his home in Utah, Monette visited Dr. Brian Tudor of Intermountain Healthcare’s Southwest Cancer Clinic in St. George.
After a year receiving cancer treatment at Logan Regional, teacher Ashlena Johnson says she wouldn't go anywhere else: "The entire experience was phenomenal.”
The future of cancer treatment looks promising at Intermountain Healthcare. That’s because Intermountain’s physicians and researchers are using precision genomics to provide a personalized approach to testing, diagnosing and treating cancer.
In relation to life’s various twists and turns, a cancer diagnosis can feel like a freefall. But once a person lands on his/her feet, they can begin learning how to balance treatment-related factors and life’s pleasures.
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25 years of progress in the detection and treatment of breast cancer
When a loved one or friend is diagnosed with cancer, it’s never easy. It’s hard to know how to help or what to do. Here are 10 ways to lend support and love.
What’s the best thing you can do to decrease your risk of skin cancer, especially in the summer? The number one thing is to protect your skin.
9 Tips to Prevent Skin Cancer
Prostate cancer is the leading type of cancer among Utah men, and Utah has one of the highest incidents of prostate cancer in the country. Addressing this issue is a priority, so how do we detect prostate cancer early and make sure patients have the best outcomes possible?
Adults have many ways to prevent or screen for cancers: wearing sunscreen, scheduling regular mammograms, or not smoking. But what about cancer in kids?
There are 3 main goals for treating cancer: cure, control, and comfort. When cancer is in the early stages, cure is often possible. When cancer has spread beyond where it started, the goal is to shrink a tumor and control cancer growth.
One in seven men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime with 60 percent of those cases occurring in men age 65 or older. Prostate cancer is rare before age 40, and the average age at diagnosis is 66.
Former President Jimmy Carter's announcement that he has melanoma made many people wonder: Is melanoma the same thing as skin cancer, and how does skin cancer become more than skin cancer?
Because anyone can slap information about cancer on the internet, good judgement is key when searching online. Dr. Mark Ott, Chief Medical Director, Intermountain Medical Center, breaks down some good and not so good sources for information on cancer.
Addressing the rising trend of earlier colon cancer diagnoses
In case you missed it: latest advances in cancer research discussed at most recent Research Colloquium
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. More than 2 million people were diagnosed with skin cancer in 2010. This number is larger than all other cancers combined, and the incidence is increasing rapidly.
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S., with more than a million new cases of skin cancer occurring each year, resulting in more than 10,000 deaths primarily from melanoma
It’s often easy to ignore symptoms like fatigue and simply chalk them up to our modern, harried lifestyles. But, it’s important to take stock in what your body is telling you and discuss symptoms with your primary care doctor when those vague feelings of something being “not quite right” come up.
Elder L. Tom Perry, a top-ranking leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away from thyroid cancer on Saturday, May 30, less than two months after he was diagnosed with the disease
Analey Miltenberger was 18 weeks pregnant with her first child when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Shining light on the different types of skin cancer, and how to prevent them.