Posts Tagged ‘colon cancer’
Is It Time for a Colonoscopy?
Luna Asrar, MD is a board-certified primary care physician practicing family medicine at Inova Primary Care – Ashburn Filigree Court. She enjoys treating people of all ages, with a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. Seeing the bigger picture is important — especially when it involves screening for colorectal cancer (also called colon…
Read MoreCancer Prevention Through Nutrition
Marion Irvin, RD, LD, CNSC, is a registered dietitian at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute and Life With Cancer. She is board-certified in nutrition support. Approximately 40 percent of all cancer cases can be attributed to modifiable risk factors. These are risk factors based on habits that are within our control. One large decision we…
Read MoreDon’t Delay Your Colonoscopy
Raymond Wadlow, MD, is an oncologist at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. He is board-certified in Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine and has a special interest in gastrointestinal oncology. You may have seen last week’s headlines questioning the importance of colonoscopies as a cancer screening test that saves lives. Yes, a recent study of nearly 85,000…
Read MoreColon Cancer and the Black Community: Know Your Risk
February is Black History Month and Cancer Prevention Month Inova Schar Cancer Institute oncologist Timothy Cannon, MD, recently treated a middle-aged black man with aggressive colorectal cancer. The patient is a real-life representation of new national data pointing to substantially higher rates of this disease in African Americans. Not only do African Americans have the…
Read MoreColorectal Surgery: Treatment options for colon cancer, diverticulitis, IBD, prolapse and more
Inova’s Colorectal Surgery Program offers an unparalleled level of care Although preventive, regular colorectal screening is recommended beginning at age 50, conditions related to the colon and rectum can happen at any age. Fortunately, help is close at hand. The Colorectal Surgery Program at Inova brings patients a breadth of treatment options. Helming the program…
Read MoreColorectal cancer scare averted with robotic-assisted surgery at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Runner takes big strides toward recovery after colon surgery Last fall, when Philip Ritcheson got a screening colonoscopy at age 50, he wasn’t expecting anything unusual. So when the test came back positive for colorectal cancer, Philip was shocked. “I have been fit and healthy all my life,” says Philip, a senior executive in the…
Read MoreColonoscopy comes just in time for local woman with undiagnosed colon cancer
Just in Time: A Screening Test Saved Her Life Mary Wyckoff had never had symptoms of colorectal cancer. Nor was she aware of any family history of the disease. Busy working, caring for her aging parents and helping her sons plan their weddings, there never seemed to be a good time to get a colonoscopy.…
Read MoreInova’s, Dr. Lawrence Stern, Featured on WUSA9
WUSA9‘s Anita Brikman spoke with Caitlin O’Dwyer on how important a colonscopy was in catching a cancerous polyp. Colonoscopy is one of the few medical tests that can catch cancer before it starts, so her doctor, Dr. Lawrence Stern, MD, colorectal surgeon, Inova, was able to treat her cancer early and Caitlin is now cancer…
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