Category Archives: Prevention

Do One Thing For Better Health

By SCCA | Published: March 5, 2013

With all the fretting we hear about young people being apathetic or preoccupied with irony, it’s nice to meet a group of high school students who belie that stereotype. The journalism students who run Nathan Hale High School’s C89.5 radio station believe that even small acts can make a meaningful difference in the world. To prove it, they [...]

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HPV and Cancer

By Harry C. Edwards | Published: November 21, 2012

The good news in the fight against cancer is that the incidence rates for the most common types of cancer have started to level off and come down, mainly due to the decline in smoking and better and more widespread prevention and screening. Unfortunately, this is not the case for all cancers, and in particular [...]

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Meet Dr. Kim Allison, breast cancer survivor

By Amy Poffenbarger | Published: October 31, 2012

She is the director of breast pathology at the University of Washington Medical Center. And she was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer at age 33. Kimberly Allison, MD had begun weaning her son from breast feeding when she felt a firm spot in her left breast during a self-exam. She wasn’t worried. She was young, healthy, and [...]

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The difference between digital & film mammography

By Amy Poffenbarger | Published: October 18, 2012

We’re half-way through the month of October and National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We’ve been focusing  on promoting the benefits of screening mammography for women over 40 because we know that finding cancer at early stages is far better because it’s easier to cure than cancers found at later stages. There are two kinds of mammograms: digital [...]

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Screening mammogram saves another life

By Amy Poffenbarger | Published: October 16, 2012

Cathy Lowen has seen Kathleen Errico, PhD, a nurse practitioner with SCCA’s Breast Health Clinic for her annual mammograms since 2001. In 2010, Cathy felt a lump in her breast. “Dr. Errico and I both assumed it was a water-filled cyst, like usual,” says Cathy, who has fibrocystic breasts. Cathy had a mammogram and then [...]

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