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Responses to USPSTF’s Downgrading of PSA Screening
Frank delaRama, R.N., M.S., AOCSN, Oncology Nurse Specialist and Prostate Cancer Nurse Navigator Recent buzz on PSA screening is up again, thanks to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)...
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PAMF Healthy Breast Program Reaches Out to Uninsured Women
Carla Gomez, PAMF Healthy Breast Program Coordinator, reaching out to community at Safeway stores in Santa Cruz Carla Gomez, PAMF’s Healthy Breast Campaign coordinator in Santa Cruz, is working at a...
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Pet Therapy Program Brings Joy, Decreases Stress for Cancer Patients
The Palo Alto Center Radiation Oncology Department’s three newest employees bring some very special qualities to work – gentle natures, soft fur and wet noses! Therapy specialists Sparky, Sunny and...
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Radiosurgery: What is It?
Radiosurgery is a noninvasive treatment, where doctors use advanced technology to deliver a precise dose of radiation to a cancerous tumor – without having to cut into the body. Radiosurgery destroys...
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Learn About Cancer Prevention, Treatment, Survivorship
An estimated 1,660,290 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2013. You can prevent many of these cancers, and many others are much easier to treat if detected early. Just consider these 2013...
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A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Story
Edna Shochat In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, throughout October we’ll be posting a series of stories about breast cancer prevention, treatment and survivors. When Edna Shochat discovered a...
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A Doctor’s Breast Cancer Survival Story
Karen Harrington, M.D., and her husband Stephen Karen Harrington, M.D., a family medicine doctor at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s Aptos Office, knows first-hand that anyone can receive a breast...
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Fighting Breast Cancer in New Ways
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, throughout October we’ll be posting a series of stories about breast cancer prevention, treatment and survivors. Angelina Jolie surprised the world when she...
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Understanding Risk Factors in Cancer
Whether or not a person develops cancer during his or her lifetime is influenced by a number of factors, including genetics, the environment, lifestyle and aging. While some of these factors are...
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Reduce Your Risk of Colon Cancer
March is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Also called colorectal cancer, this is a cancer that begins in the colon (large intestine) or the rectum. Colorectal cancer is the third most common...
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