Awareness is important, but cancer prevention is absolutely vital. February is National Cancer Prevention Month, the perfect time to focus efforts to stop cancer before it starts. Cancer is a complicated disease. One often feels helpless when faced with a cancer diagnosis, this month the focus is placed on action and empowerment. Cancer Prevention research […]
Category Archives: Hematology-Oncology and Cancer Genetics
Most of our doctors at Women’s Cancer and Surgical Care, P.C. have multiple Oncology Gynecology Specializations. Unfortunately, we live in a world that requires multiple cancer treatment specialties. Of course no single type is more important than any other, but when doctors specialize in a specific type of oncology gynecology care that becomes their sole focus. The […]
Family History Questionnaire for Common Hereditary Syndromes Patient Name: ____________________________ Physician:___________________________ Date of Birth: ________________________ Date Completed: ______________________ […]
Breast and Ovarian Cancer There are a few ways that we can predict a person’s risk of Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Breast cancer is a common disease affecting more than 180,000 women and 1,600 men each year. A woman’s lifetime risk for developing breast cancer is about 1 in 8 or 12%. Common symptoms of […]