This is a story about beating the odds. The woman you’re about to meet was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told she had months to live. But before she had major surgery and chemotherapy to try to keep the devastating disease at bay, she got a second opinion. A new diagnosis with the promise of [...]
Breast cancer does not discriminate. Any woman of any race can get it. But what many might not know is that minorities such as African Americans, Latinos and Asians tend to develop breast cancer earlier and often have more aggressive tumors than white women. And too often minorities aren’t diagnosed until after the disease has [...]
Breast cancer does not discriminate. Any woman of any race can get it. But what many might not know is that minorities such as African Americans, Latinos and Asians tend to develop breast cancer earlier and often have more aggressive tumors than white women. And as we find out in this discussion with Mayo Clinic [...]
Pancreatic Cancer is a nasty disease that typically carries a bad prognosis. But there is a rare condition that is often mistaken for pancreatic cancer. Dr. Santhi Vege, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist talks about auto-immune pancreatitis.
Click on the following link to hear this podcast: Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Research shows that screening for colorectal cancer saves lives. That’s because screening can catch cancer early, while it’s still curable. But let’s face it, having a colonoscopy to look for cancer or precancerous polyps is not fun. Doctors at Mayo Clinic have studied and improved upon a non-invasive screening test that requires no preparation or [...]
