Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
Healing in a Hurry: Enhancing Recovery After Breast Cancer Surgery
Kirsten K. Edmiston, MD, is a board-certified surgeon specializing in breast cancer and breast surgery. She is a member of the Inova Breast Cancer Program. Whether breast cancer surgery involves removing all or part of the breast, with or without reconstruction, the operation can be hard on the body. Yet there are steps you – and…
Read MoreResearch Breakthroughs: Advances in Breast Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment
Mary J. Wilkinson, MD, is a medical oncologist at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute. She is board- certified in medical oncology, internal medicine and hematology and has a special interest in breast cancer. A breast cancer diagnosis is always unwelcome news, but new advances in detection and treatment are leading to improvements in cancer care…
Read MoreImmunotherapy: Cancer Care Gets Customized
Timothy L. Cannon, MD, is board certified in medical oncology and hematology, and has a special interest in managing gastrointestinal cancers. Dr. Cannon is the clinical director and moderator of Inova’s weekly molecular tumor board, which matches patients with targeted therapies based on molecular diagnostics. Tiffani A. DeMarco, MS, CGC, is a board-certified…
Read MoreInova Schar Cancer Institute Recruiting Patients for ASCO’s Groundbreaking TAPUR Clinical Trial
Trial Will Learn From Use of Approved Targeted Cancer Therapies Matched to Tumor Genomic Profile Falls Church, VA — Inova Schar Cancer Institute announced today it is recruiting patients for the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) first-ever clinical trial, the Targeted Agent and Profiling Utilization Registry (TAPUR) Study. The trial will evaluate molecularly targeted…
Read MoreWant to lower your breast cancer risk? Here’s what you should know.
Mei Firestone, MD, is board certified in medical oncology, hematology and internal medicine. She treats all types of cancers and malignant blood disorders, with a focus on breast and gynecological malignancies. Dr. Firestone cares for patients at Inova Loudoun Hospital. Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women: 1 in 8 women will…
Read MoreJohn McCain’s cancer: What is glioblastoma?, WUSA 9
Senator John McCain announced he was diagnosed with a primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma. Our own Dr. John Deeken from the Inova Center for Personalized Health specializes in treating brain cancer and spoke with WUSA 9 about a gliobastoma diagnosis and treatment options. Watch more.
Read MoreInova Health System inks $60 million proton therapy deal, Washington Business Journal
Yet another health system joins the cancer-fighting technology race Inova Health System plans to begin offering proton beam therapy at its Inova Schar Cancer Institute by 2020 after signing a $60 million contract for a proton system from Reston-based Ion Beam Applications S.A. Read more.
Read MoreIBA to Install Proton Therapy Facility at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Virginia, USA
Contract signed with Inova for two-room Proteus®PLUS* proton therapy system near IBA’s North American Headquarters Reston, VA, USA, July 5th, 2017 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.), the world’s leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer, and Inova, a global leader in personalized health, today signed a contract for a two-room…
Read MoreMen’s health awareness from Inova, Great Day Washington
Urologist Nilay M. Gandhi of Inova Alexandria Hospital shares the importance of getting prostate cancer screenings. Watch more.
Read More10 Things You Need to Know About Sunscreen
Patricia Lucey, MD, is a board-certified dermatologist at the Inova Melanoma and Skin Cancer Center. She has a special interest in using screenings and other tools to detect the disease at its earliest stages. Read Dr. Lucey’s profile. Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers. Melanoma makes up only a small fraction of skin cancer…
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