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"Screening can prevent 60% of colorectal cancers, and 90% can be cured if detected early,” said Koosh Desai, MD.

  If you were to look at a map of Georgia and ask to point out the area that you believe has the highest rates of prostate cancer mortality, would you point out the CSRA? “We are the higher number in the state of Georgia,” says Avirup Guha, the director of the Cardio-Oncology Program, at […]

Once a year in April, Wellstar MCG Health’s Department of Otolaryngology holds a free cancer screening clinic to celebrate Head and Neck Cancer Screening Month. On April 19, about 19 people signed up to be screened – free of charge – for a variety of cancers that can show up anywhere around the head, the […]

Hair loss can be a difficult side effect to navigate for cancer patients. It affects a person emotionally and mentally as they are dealing with a change of their outward appearance while undergoing a serious health battle.   “Hair loss during chemotherapy can cause patients to feel vulnerable and self-conscious,” says Andrea Rhoden, a Breast Oncology […]