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Precision Medicine
Hoag named Dr. Michael Demeure program director of precision medicine, a new program focused on tailoring cancer treatment options for each patient. He’ll lead strategy and development of the program, identify partners, develop a Hoag molecular tumor board, and assess software development. Hoag Family Cancer Institute now utilizes genomic profiling, a system “previously only accessible … Read More
HPV Vaccine Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
There aren't many cancers that are preventable. Cervical cancer is one of them. In fact, I look forward to the day this cancer will be a rare phenomenon in the United States. Cervical cancer is a condition that can affect any woman, a message we've heard recently from Erin Andrews, sportscaster for Fox NFL, who … Read More
Endometrial cancer is treatable but can still kill
After journalist Gwen Ifill died of endometrial cancer in November, many women have been asking me about this disease. And with good reason. While endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer, it is typically the most treatable: The five-year survival rate is nearly 82%. I don’t know enough about Ifill’s case to say why … Read More
Cancer survivors invited to symposium at Hoag
When people are diagnosed with cancer, their focus is directed on the fight: Consultations. Surgeries. Chemotherapy. Radiation. The demands of the battle are so great that once the fight is over patients rarely feel jubilant about “beating” cancer. Instead they’re often left blinking in bewilderment, wondering, “What just happened?” There is life after chemo, but … Read More
New Treatments for Lung Cancer Are Emerging
Killing cancer with chemotherapy has been compared to lighting a candle with a blowtorch. You’ll definitely get that wick lit, but you’ll also render everything around the candle into smoldering heap of cinders. Today, thankfully, that is changing. Advances in chemotherapy are allowing oncologists to target the disease without weakening the rest of the body. … Read More
Hoag's Nationally Acclaimed Cardiac Care Expands Services in Irvine
You can hardly turn on the radio without hearing a song about broken hearts. But apart from occasionally singing along wistfully to tunes about unrequited love, the truth is we really don’t spend much time thinking about our hearts – the physical, blood-pumping ones that make our every breath (and emotion) possible. Until something goes … Read More
Hoag's new center in Irvine creates 'health care village'
Hoag has opened a new health center across from its Irvine hospital so patients can receive specialized services without driving to Newport Beach. The Hoag Health Center Irvine on Sand Canyon Avenue is intended to create a “health care village” in Irvine, said Marcy Brown, vice president of Hoag Hospital Irvine and ambulatory services. Designed … Read More
Fighting cancer requires a holistic approach
Battling cancer can take its toll not only physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This is why embracing a cancer care program that goes beyond the surgeons who remove tumors and the oncologists who manage clinical therapies is vital and an integral part of survivorship. Many community hospitals, including Hoag, are participating in a national … Read More
Melanoma Awareness Should Start Young
As summer kicks off and your kids trade their books for boogie boards, it’s time to remember that no one is too young to take precautions against skin cancer. Skin cancers of all types are often the results of cumulative sun exposure. The more blistering sun burns you have as a child, the higher your … Read More
Hoag to Perform Cancer Trials
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian’s Hoag Family Cancer Institute has launched a first-phase clinical trial program. Hoag is working with USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center on the program. The program’s initial trial is testing a drug being developed for patients with advanced solid tumors in pancreatic, biliary, head and neck, and non-small cell lung cancers who … Read More