UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Washington on Tuesday marked a major milestone in its capabilities to help patients fight cancer with the addition of a linear accelerator, a sophisticated radiation machine that brings cutting-edge cancer treatment to Washington County. UMPC Washington ...
Two years ago, Allyson Culp took her son to the emergency room for what she believed was a bad case of pneumonia. However, it turned out to be much more severe. Parker Culp had been diagnosed with stage IV nephroblastoma, a rare kidney cancer, at the age of 3. “Obviously, that is your ...
Doctors have a new emerging weapon in the fight against cancerous tumors: ultrasound. After a five-year study by the University of Michigan showed promising results in treating liver cancer with ultrasound, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the procedure called ...
The South Strabane Fire Department has become one of a small group of departments nationwide to be distinguished for its efforts to aid research into cancer rates among firefighters. The department announced Thursday that it had been named a “gold helmet department” through the National ...
With Memorial Day in the rearview mirror and warm, sunny days ahead, pools will be open, and we’ll be spending more time outdoors. That means it’s sunscreen season (not that you shouldn’t wear it year-round) and time to pay extra attention to potentially dangerous sun damage to your skin. ...
You may think of cancer as mainly occurring in adults at older ages, but a new study is showing more and more cases among younger patients. A study in the British Medical Journal Oncology reports that worldwide cancer cases in people under age 50 rose 79% between 1990 and 2019, with the number ...
