Types of Cancer
Melanoma Awareness
There are simple steps you can take today to protect your skin and reduce your changes of getting melanoma or other skin cancers: Stay out of the sun between 10 am and 4 pm when the UV rays are most…
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“Why Me?” from a Patient’s Perspective (video)
In 2003 Rich Beecher was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL. In this video he describes his journey including asking “Why me?” to focusing on positive aspects in his life and how his hobby, photography, has helped. This video…
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When You Should be Screened for Colon Cancer
With the information available to us today, it is often hard to determine when you should be screened for colon cancer or not. In a recent study led by the American Cancer Society (ACS) the age to start colorectal screening…
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Melanoma: Detection and Prevention
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. While it only accounts for about 3-5% of all skin cancers diagnosed in the United States each year, sadly about 75% of all cancer-related deaths from skin cancer are from melanoma. One…
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Colorectal cancer incidence rising in younger people
Colorectal cancer, the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, is increasing in the younger population. While overall rates for people in their 50’s has declined by about 3 percent per year in men and 2.3 percent per…
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Racial gaps in colon cancer changes survival
Colorectal cancer is still the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, but since the mid-1980’s the rates have slowly declined. That is, in some ethnic groups but not in all. Poorer patients, sometimes black, indigent, or…
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