Posts Tagged ‘Inova Schar Cancer Institute’
Healing in a hurry: enhancing recovery after breast cancer surgery
Kirsten Edmiston, MD, is a board certified surgeon and fellowship trained breast surgical oncologist. She serves as the Chief Surgical Quality Officer at Inova and practices at Inova Breast Surgery – Fair Oaks. Whether breast cancer surgery involves removing all or part of the breast, with or without reconstruction, the operation can be hard on…
Read MoreResearch Breakthroughs: Advances in Breast Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment
Mary J. Wilkinson, MD, is a medical oncologist. 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 and quality of life. Here are…
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 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 MoreColon Cancer in Young Adults: Know Your Risk
Timothy L. Cannon, MD, is a member of Inova Medical Group board certified in medical oncology and hematology. He has a special interest in managing of gastrointestinal cancers. Read Dr. Cannon’s profile. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and I always applaud efforts to raise awareness of this disease – the fourth most common cancer…
Read MoreInova Schar Cancer Institute Oncologist Jeanny Aragon-Ching Selected for ASCO Leadership Development Program
FALLS CHURCH, VA – Inova is pleased to announce that Jeanny Aragon-Ching, MD, has been selected to participate in the esteemed American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Leadership Development Program for years 2017-2018. The ASCO Leadership Development Program is a year-long course for a mid-career group of highly accomplished practicing oncologists. It positions them to…
Read MoreSexual Health, Intimacy, and Metastatic Disease: Reclaiming Your Sexual Self, BreastCancer.org
Sage Bolte, PhD, sat down with Breastcancer.org to discuss how women with metastic disease can reclaim their sexual self. Read more.
Read MoreWhy Inova is getting into the drug discovery business, Washington Business Journal, December 13, 2016
Inova’s drug discovery program is yet another component of the hospital’s broader ambitions to create a nationally recognized precision medicine and cancer care center. Read more.
Read MoreFitness enthusiast overcomes rare bladder cancer with help of specialists at Inova
(Originally published Oct. 19, 2016) For years, David Blimmel trained athletes to achieve their maximum potential. A fitness enthusiast and former personal trainer, he knew a thing or two about physical and mental endurance. But when the network engineer in his mid-forties was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bladder cancer, he took on…
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