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Lung Cancer Awareness - Stanford Hospital & Clinics

Dec 31, 2015

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As part of National Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November, Stanford physicians got together to create and share a message of hope and educate the public about this devastating disease. Lung Cancer is the number one cancer killer in the U.S. and the world, claiming the lives of 1.3 million people worldwide each year. http://cancer.stanford.edu/lungcancer

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Stanford students win Collegiate Inventors Competition for cancer therapy

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Dec 31, 2015

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Kipp Weiskopf and Aaron Ring were awarded top prize in the graduate student division of the Collegiate Inventors Competition for their idea of creating high-affinity SIRP-alpha molecules to block the CD47 "don't eat me" signal that keeps macrophage cells from consuming and destroying cancer cells. The molecule has the potential to vastly boost the power and killing potential of existing antibody therapies against a wide variety of cancers. Their advisors are Stanford professors Irv Weissman, MD, and Christopher Garcia, PhD.

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Stanford breast cancer care: Anne Broderick's story

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Dec 31, 2015

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By the time Anne Broderick was diagnosed with breast cancer, her grandmother, her aunt, her mother, two sisters and a brother had already been found to have some form of cancer. To read more about Anne's story: http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsletters/healthnotes/breast-ca...

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Stanford Women's Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Patient, Anita Laughlin

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Dec 31, 2015

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2nd grade teacher, Anita Laughlin, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. Unique treatment at Stanford helped her beat the cancer and allowed for quick recovery. To read Laughlin's story: http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/2011/womens-cancer-c...

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Lung Cancer treatment at Stanford: Santwona Behera's story

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Dec 31, 2015

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STANFORD, CA (November 1, 2013) Santwona Behera was not yet 40 when a cough began to nag at her, a cough that didn't yield to the allergy treatments prescribed for her. The mother of two little girls, she was also a full-time software engineer who ate healthy foods, stayed physically active and never smoked. But that strange symptom, that persistent cough, just would not go away. Finally a friend persuaded her to see a lung specialist. Read full story here: http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/2013/lung-cancer-beh...

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Nurses at Stanford Hospital sing the "Chemo Song"

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Dec 31, 2015

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One day a patient who had had a very difficult treatment journey asked that her nurses sing to her on her last day of chemotherapy. The nurses complied and as others heard the singing they wanted to be sung to as well as a sort of graduation from chemotherapy treatment. Over the years, lyrics and melody were added, and now the Chemo Song has become a staple at the Stanford Cancer Center's Infusion Treatment Area.

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Skin Cancer Screening at Stanford: David Duckworth's Story

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Dec 31, 2015

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After years of watching his wife and daughters take sun protection seriously—hats and sunblock were part of their regular routine, along with visits to a dermatologist—David Duckworth took advantage of a free skin cancer screening to see what a specialist might make of the freckles and dark spots he could easily see on his face, arms and shoulders. As it turned out, those were the least of his worries. Read David's full story here: http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/2013/david-duckworth... Learn more about the Stanford Hospital Dermatology Clinic and how screenings can save lives at: http://stanfordhospital.org/dermatology

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Microwave Ablation Used To Treat Cancer Quickly at Stanford

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Dec 31, 2015

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Gwen McCane was told the tumors in her liver were inoperable and incurable. The tumors were small, but deep inside her liver, the body's largest organ and so rich with blood vessels that any surgery is tricky. At Stanford, Dr. Gloria Hwang gave McCane hope and using microwave ablation, she made a small incision and, guided by imaging, found the tumors and applied microwave heat to destroy them. Gwen McCane was able to go home the next day. Learn more about Stanford's Cancer Center: http://cancer.stanford.edu/ Or to read the full story: http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/2013/gwen-mccane.html