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Cancer and hematology
Putting the pieces together: How collaborative breast cancer treatment helped a patient
Cancer and hematology
A rare leukemia treated with chemotherapy – not a bone marrow transplant – leads to remission
Steve, a Goodyear resident, was having alarming symptoms. "I had a mass on my chest the size of a baseball," he said. "I couldn't swallow, I couldn't eat and I couldn't sleep." He went to his primary
Cancer and hematology
Clinical trial beats back melanoma that started in 1958
It's quite a shock to hear you have melanoma when you're 24 years old, married, with a 3-year-old daughter. In 1958, it happened to Janet, now a retired registered nurse and Sun City resident. Doctors
Thoracic
Kathy quickly returns to active lifestyle after leading-edge procedure
After a routine physical with her longtime primary care provider, Kathy S. received a preventative coronary calcium scan to check for calcium deposits in the heart. The good news? Her calcium score
Cancer and hematology
Combination therapy offers hope for melanoma patients facing recurrence
A melanoma diagnosis can be scary, but when it’s caught and treated early, the estimated five-year survival rate in the U.S. is about 99%. But what if your melanoma is one of the rare melanomas to
The perfect match
Tim G., 22, met his blood brother for the first time Oct. 14, 2016. The former leukemia patient gave his bone marrow transplant donor, Erich G., 23, a huge bear hug when he met him on stage at