If you need an ostomy as a part of your cancer treatment, you probably have a lot of questions.
To learn more about who needs these surgical procedures, how they work and what to expect after you’ve had one, we checked in with colorectal cancer surgeon Matthew Tillman, M.D., and three nurses who work regularly with ostomy patients: Jeanine Hanohano, Alice Hung and Helen Trinh.
What is...
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When Daniel ‘Joe’ Einspahr, M.D., and his son bike into Virginia Beach next summer, they will have more than one reason to celebrate. Not only will the day mark the completion of a father-son cross-country bike trip that has spanned eight summers, 11 states, and over 3,000 miles, but also triumph over one major obstacle: stomach cancer.
Starting a cross-country bike trip
The cross-country journey began in summer 2014 when...
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Stomach and esophageal cancers are diagnosed in more than 40,000 people each year in the U.S. Most of these cases aren’t detected until the...
When I learned six years ago that I carry a genetic mutation called CDH1, my initial response was anger. I had just gotten married, and my...
In cancer, there are often large-scale deletions, rearrangements or other disruptions to our genetic information, which lead to a phenomenon...