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    Breaking Away from Dependence on Nicotine/Smoking

    Nicotine dependence is the most common form of chemical dependence in the United States, and is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. It is a chronic condition that often requires repeated interventions, but effective treatment exists. According to the American Lung Association, smoking contributes to approximately 90 percent of lung cancer deaths nationwide, … Read More

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    Comprehensive lung cancer care

    For more than a decade, Hoag Family Cancer Institute has been the number one provider of lung cancer treatment for Orange County residents.    With a multidisciplinary approach that includes prevention, early detection, the use of promising new therapies, and extensive supportive care, Hoag’s comprehensive Lung Cancer Program provides patients with every diagnostic and therapeutic advantage.  Hoag’s Lung … Read More

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    Hoag Cancer Institute Receives National Achievement Award From Commission on Cancer of The American College of Surgeons

    Tuesday, April 05, 2011  Newport Beach, Calif.  – The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons has granted its Outstanding Achievement Award to Hoag Family Cancer Institute as a result of surveys performed during 2010. Hoag is one of a select group of 90 currently accredited and newly accredited cancer programs across the … Read More

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    Personalized cancer vaccines offer hope for a cure

    For more than 20 years, Hoag Cancer Institute has been a pioneer in vaccine research and is one of only a few medical centers in the world to utilize a patient’s own tumor cells to develop personalized melanoma vaccines.   Cancer survivor Linda Rieser has become a self-proclaimed “poster-child” for the potential life-saving impact of … Read More

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    Dr. Craig Cox explains what superficial radiation therapy for skin lesions is and who is a candidate.

    Superficial radiation is a non-invasive radiation therapy option for certain individuals with skin cancers or benign conditions. As opposed to other traditional methods of skin cancer treatment, which include surgically removing the cancerous/ benign area, superficial radiation treatment is administered through low-energy X-ray technology. This treatment type is optimal for lesions on the face, since … Read More

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    Prostate cancer: when should men be tested?

    American nurses Credentialing Center’s (AnCC) Magnet recognition Program® has once again designated Hoag Hospital Newport Beach as a Magnet hospital. This designation has also been extended to Hoag Hospital Irvine since the commitment to nursing excellence is maintained at both hospitals. The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® was developed to recognize health care organizations that provide … Read More

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    Study Shows Patient-Specific Vaccines for Metastatic Melanoma May Induce Durable Complete Regression

    ?Monday, September 27, 2010 Newport Beach, Calif. – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently announced encouraging clinical study results for patient-specific vaccine therapy to treat metastatic melanoma. The study is ongoing, but the report concludes that patient-specific vaccines can sometimes induce durable complete regression of progressing soft-tissue melanoma metastases, as demonstrated in one particular patient who participated … Read More

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    Patient-Specific Cancer Immune Cell Therapy for Brain Tumors Promising as Adjunctive Therapy

    Sunday, March 01, 2009 Newport Beach, Calif. – Hoag Hospital announced encouraging clinical study results for the instillation of a patient-specific cancer immune cell therapy as an adjunctive treatment for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The non-randomized, phase 2 study concluded that intralesional therapy with autologous lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells is safe and the survival sufficiently encouraging … Read More