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    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

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    Hoag clinical trials explore new cancer drugs

    Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, in partnership with the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, has launched its first in a series of clinical trials of new drugs for patients with advanced forms of cancer. The initial trial, begun in May, will study the side effects and best dose of EphB4-HSA, a drug that researchers hope … Read More

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    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

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    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

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    How to safeguard yourself against colorectal cancer

    This may sound familiar, but when it comes to preventing cancer, an ardent reminder is always a good thing. This month marks National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so it is an opportune time for everyone to take a hard look at lifestyle, better understand risk factors and commit to being proactive in maintaining colorectal health. … Read More

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    Lung cancer screening now a routine for smokers

    Medical screening tests are done to save lives. Most people know about the importance of screening mammography in the fight against breast cancer and colonoscopy in the prevention of colon and rectal cancer. These tests have become routine in the fight against cancer. Now added to the list is a screening test that can detect … Read More

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    PPI drugs are not without their side effects

    For years, anti-heartburn medication was prescribed like candy. Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) seemed to cure the symptoms of heartburn, indigestion and acid reflux without any side effects. Or so we thought more than a decade ago. Now it seems as though every year researchers discover a new area of the body that has been negatively affected … Read More

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    Protect yourself from unseasonably warm weather

    Winter means shorter days, but in Orange County, even those short days are sunny. So when you step outside this weekend to enjoy the warm February forecast, don't forget to grab your sunscreen to protect yourself against damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S., affecting 1 … Read More

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    There are good treatment options for the spike in head, neck cancers

    HPV is the leading cause of head and neck cancers, but there is good news. Head and neck cancers are on the rise and are due to a new culprit that already affects more than 26 million people in the United States. The oral human papilloma virus (HPV) is now the leading cause of head … Read More