Category Archives: Video

Meet Dr. V.K. Gadi

By Harry C. Edwards | Published: November 15, 2012

V.K. Gadi, MD, PhD, specializes in treating breast cancer at SCCA. In addition to taking care of breast cancer patients, Dr. Gadi teaches junior physicians and maintains a small laboratory at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In the video below, Dr. Gadi explains why the connection to research at the Hutchinson Center and the [...]

Also posted in Research | Leave a comment

You don’t have to be 40 to get involved in breast cancer awareness

By Amy Poffenbarger | Published: October 4, 2012

Check this out: Super Kid: Taking charge against cancer is an article in the Everett Herald about Allison Holbrook, a young woman who organized a “Dig for the Cure” event at Lynnwood High School to benefit breast cancer research as her senior project. Allison shadowed her mentor, one of our co-workers here at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, for her [...]

Also posted in Events, In The News, Research | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Save Your Skin – Thanks Keri

By Amy Poffenbarger | Published: June 7, 2012

On May 12, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance hosted the Northwest Melanoma Symposium with the Melanoma Research Foundation providing a full day of melanoma education for melanoma patients and the people who support them. It’s something we do every year. This year, one of our patients, Keri, presented at the symposium. She created a video that is [...]

Also posted in Prevention, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Big power of the mini-transplant

By Sally James | Published: April 11, 2012

One of the biggest ideas in stem cell transplants is what is called a mini-transplant. These transplants – also called non-meyloblative – are designed to be gentler versions of the traditional transplant, which requires strong medicines to suppress the patient’s immune system before a new set of stem cells (which will form a new immune [...]

Also posted in Patient Resources, Research | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

MammoVan fueled by donations

By Sally James | Published: April 11, 2012

People putting change into donation jars at grocery stores helps give women screening that may save lives. In a video news report, you can hear about what the writer calls “small change” that fuels big programs, including the SCCA’s own MammoVan, which brings a mobile mammography clinic to women all over the Puget Sound region. [...]

Also posted in In The News, Patient Resources, Prevention, Research | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

  • Do One Thing