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Stanford Women's Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Patient, Anita Laughlin

Dec 31, 2015

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2nd grade teacher, Anita Laughlin, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. Unique treatment at Stanford helped her beat the cancer and allowed for quick recovery. To read Laughlin's story: http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/2011/womens-cancer-c...

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Lung Cancer treatment at Stanford: Santwona Behera's story

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Dec 31, 2015

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STANFORD, CA (November 1, 2013) Santwona Behera was not yet 40 when a cough began to nag at her, a cough that didn't yield to the allergy treatments prescribed for her. The mother of two little girls, she was also a full-time software engineer who ate healthy foods, stayed physically active and never smoked. But that strange symptom, that persistent cough, just would not go away. Finally a friend persuaded her to see a lung specialist. Read full story here: http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/2013/lung-cancer-beh...

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Nurses at Stanford Hospital sing the "Chemo Song"

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Dec 31, 2015

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One day a patient who had had a very difficult treatment journey asked that her nurses sing to her on her last day of chemotherapy. The nurses complied and as others heard the singing they wanted to be sung to as well as a sort of graduation from chemotherapy treatment. Over the years, lyrics and melody were added, and now the Chemo Song has become a staple at the Stanford Cancer Center's Infusion Treatment Area.

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Skin Cancer Screening at Stanford: David Duckworth's Story

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Dec 31, 2015

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After years of watching his wife and daughters take sun protection seriously—hats and sunblock were part of their regular routine, along with visits to a dermatologist—David Duckworth took advantage of a free skin cancer screening to see what a specialist might make of the freckles and dark spots he could easily see on his face, arms and shoulders. As it turned out, those were the least of his worries. Read David's full story here: http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/2013/david-duckworth... Learn more about the Stanford Hospital Dermatology Clinic and how screenings can save lives at: http://stanfordhospital.org/dermatology

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Microwave Ablation Used To Treat Cancer Quickly at Stanford

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Dec 31, 2015

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Gwen McCane was told the tumors in her liver were inoperable and incurable. The tumors were small, but deep inside her liver, the body's largest organ and so rich with blood vessels that any surgery is tricky. At Stanford, Dr. Gloria Hwang gave McCane hope and using microwave ablation, she made a small incision and, guided by imaging, found the tumors and applied microwave heat to destroy them. Gwen McCane was able to go home the next day. Learn more about Stanford's Cancer Center: http://cancer.stanford.edu/ Or to read the full story: http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/2013/gwen-mccane.html

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Stanford Hospitals and Clinics: Stanford Cancer Center

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Dec 31, 2015

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Entering the Stanford Cancer Center, the first thing you're likely to notice is the bright, spacious lobby and the circular welcome desk. Chances are there will be a person behind the desk—a smiling patient navigator, specially trained to help to guide you through your experience. The navigators are the first contact for a wide range of personal services available to patients and their families.

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Stanford Cancer Treatment Called Medical Breakthrough

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Dec 31, 2015

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Four-and-a-half months after being diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, 101-year-old Winnie Bazurto's cancer was gone. Breakthrough target therapy treatment on skin cancer may do the same for other kinds of cancers, from pancreatic to colon to prostate.

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Stanford Interventional Radiology: A Cancer Survivors Story

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Dec 31, 2015

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Stanford Interventional Radiology: A Cancer Survivors Story
We offer amazing new cancer treatments for our patients through our Interventional Radiology Program. Section Chief Lawrence Rusty Hofmann, MD, explains how our interventional radiologists use image guidance to target a cancerous tumor with great accuracy and employ cutting-edge therapies to kill the tumor without surgery through treatments such as radioembolization and chemoembolization. As a former patient describes, these revolutionary treatments are transforming lives.