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Let's Finish Cancer Providence
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Let's finish cancer will bring you the brightest cancer experts and compassionate cancer navigators. Our goal is to make you stronger at a time you might feel your weakest and to empower you to make the best decisions for you and your family. You'll hear about the latest in technology and treatment options, stories from patients and survivors, doctors that see you as more than a cancer diagnosis and a whole person approach to cancer care. We want to be on your journey with you. And we want you to know that at times it can be bumpy but we're here and we want to help you forward.
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Colorectal Cancer: What You Need to Know
In this episode of Let's Finish Cancer, Dr. James Q. Simmons, DNP, Board Certified Nurse Practitioner, speaks with Dr. John T. Brooling, Gastroenterologist at Pacific Medical Centers. Dr. Brooling answers our questions on colorectal cancer. What it is, preventative lifestyle measures, screenings and treatments.
More information and resources: providence.org, standuptocancer.org
Follow our host: instagram.com/askthenp/
Originally published: 3/23/22 -
Colorectal Cancer Screenings in Underserved Communities
In this episode of Let's Finish Cancer, Dr. James Q. Simmons, DNP, Board Certified Nurse Practitioner, speaks with Dr. Anton Bilchik, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, is an internationally recognized surgeon and scientist who has pioneered techniques to improve staging in cancer and minimally invasive approaches to improve outcomes. They discuss the importance of getting colorectal cancer screenings to underserved communities, which is work Dr. Bilchik is very familiar with in his work as a surgeon and also his partnership with Stand Up to Cancer.
More information and resources: providence.org, standuptocancer.org
Follow our host: instagram.com/askthenp/
Originally published: 3/30/22 -
The Whole Person Approach to Cancer
"A patient's not their illness. A patient is a patient, and they have an experience with an illness, and that's part of their journey, but that's not all of it."
Mary Renouf and Dr. David Jenkins, Radiation Oncologist at Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center in Lubbock, Texas, discuss the whole person approach to cancer and what that means for both the doctor and the cancer patient.
For more resources, visit: https://www.providence.org/locations/or/cancer-institute or https://www.covenanthealth.org/our-services/joe-arrington-cancer-research-and-treatment-cent/ -
Nutrition for Cancer Prevention + Treatment
Host Niki Strealy, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Specializing in Gut Health, speaks with Kailey Proctor, Board Certified Oncology Dietitian at Leonard Cancer Institute with Mission Hospital about valuable and useful information when it comes to nutrition for cancer prevention and treatment.
For more resources, visit: providence.org, https://www.providence.org/locations/mission-hospital-mission-viejo/cancer-center and https://www.aicr.org/ -
Cancer Prevention
Mary Renouf and Dr. Gabriel Axelrud, Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center in Lubbock, Texas, discuss cancer prevention. While some cancers are genetic, others are related to lifestyle and steps can be taken to lower risk and Dr. Axelrud gives information and advice on what those steps are.
For more resources, visit: https://www.providence.org/locations/or/cancer-institute or https://www.covenanthealth.org/our-services/joe-arrington-cancer-research-and-treatment-cent/ -
Thyroid Nodules, Cancers + Treatments
Mary Renouf speaks with Dr. Melanie Goldfarb, a fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon and oncologist specializing in minimal access surgery for thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal tumors and one of the first physicians on the west coast to offer radio-frequency ablation of thyroid nodules. They discuss thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer and its different treatments.
For more information and resources, visit:
Providence at providence.org
Provience Saint John's Cancer Institute at saintjohnscancer.org