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Know the Facts About Head and Neck Cancer
April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month — an important time to talk about this lesser-known cancer type. Though cases are increasing in the U.S., many people don’t know the signs of head and neck cancer — or what treatment they may need. Inova head and neck cancer experts John Deeken, MD, and Gopal…
Read MoreA Clinical Trial That Could Lead to the Future of Cancer Screening
Megan Slocum, PA is a specialty care physician assistant at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. The math is not complex. Today, there are only five types of cancer that medical professionals routinely screen for: breast, cervical, prostate, lung and colon cancer. However, there are more than 100 types of cancer. We know that cancer screening –…
Read MoreAll Five Inova Hospitals Receive Straight ‘A’s from the Leapfrog Group for Nine Consecutive Periods
Falls Church, VA – Inova is proud to announce that once again, all five hospitals have earned “A” Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization with a 10-year history of assigning letter grades to general hospitals throughout the United States. The grades are based on a hospital’s ability to prevent…
Read MoreDirect-to-Consumer Genetic Testing for Inherited Cancer Risk
Morgan Turner, MS, CGC, is a Virginia-licensed and nationally board-certified, cancer-specialized genetic counselor at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. She joined Inova in June 2018. Many patients are surprised to learn that the majority of people who are diagnosed with a cancer do not have a genetic (or inherited) cause for their cancer. Indeed, it is…
Read MoreInova Schar Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology Achieves Four-Year Accreditation for Radiation Oncology Services from ASTRO’s APEx – Accreditation Program for Excellence®
Falls Church, VA – Inova is proud to announce that all five radiation oncology departments within the Inova Schar Cancer Institute (ISCI) have been reaccredited by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) for APEx – Accreditation Program for Excellence®. APEx is an accreditation program developed by ASTRO that validates a radiation oncology facility’s excellence…
Read MoreLife with Cancer: Anxiety in Grief
By Sarah Brooks, LPC, Oncology Clinical Therapist, Inova Life with Cancer “No one ever told me grief felt so like fear.” – C.S. Lewis When we are grieving, anxiety may emerge as part of our experience. Anxious thoughts and concurrent bodily responses can be adaptive in certain situations, but when they begin to pervade our…
Read MoreInova’s Breast Cancer Team Takes a New Look at Hormone Therapy Treatment
A group of six Inova physicians have published a paper in the Annals of Surgical Oncology that could lead to re-thinking of treatment practices for individuals with breast cancer. The paper, published in November 2020, details the results of a systemic literature review that included over 6,000 patient cases. READ THE REPORT: Axillary Response in…
Read MoreDo You Know the Warning Signs of Bladder Cancer?
Jeanny B. Aragon-Ching, MD, is the clinical program director of genitourinary cancers at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute. She is board certified in medical oncology, hematology and internal medicine and has a special interest in caring for patients with prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular cancers. Read Dr. Aragon-Ching’s profile. (Originally published May 15, 2017) Bladder cancer…
Read MoreAll Five Inova Hospitals Earn Highest CMS Five-Star Quality Rating
FALLS CHURCH, VA– All five of Inova Health System’s hospitals have been rated with 5 out of 5 stars in the most recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Five-Star Quality Rating System report. Inova is the only health system in the country comprised of more than 3 hospitals where all are 5 star…
Read MoreInova Schar Cancer Institute Announces $20 Million Gift from Dr. Gary and Tina Mather
FALLS CHURCH, VA – Inova Schar Cancer Institute, a state-of-the-art cancer care destination in the DC Metro area, announced a transformational gift of $20 million from Dr. Gary and Tina Mather. The gift will expand Inova’s new proton therapy treatment program, which will be named the Inova Mather Proton Center in their honor. “We are…
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