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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. [...]

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Mighty warrior – Katie Collier’s story

By Sally James | Published: April 2, 2012

Katie Collier is a survivor of leukemia and the center of a village of supporters. This star high-school athlete has her family at the center of her village, but other fans include her basketball team, students and staff at Seattle Christian High School, and care providers at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. She was treated for [...]

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Breast expert wins award for Ugandan research

By Sally James | Published: March 27, 2012

Congratulations to SCCA’s Constance Lehman, MD, the director of breast imaging for SCCA,  for winning an award from GE for her pilot study to bring portable ultrasound to rural parts of Uganda for earlier detection of the disease. The work is part of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center alliance with the Uganda Cancer Institute in [...]

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Surgeon praises latest lung cancer therapies

By Sally James | Published: March 23, 2012

SCCA’s own Michael Mulligan, MD, explains some of the ways that he sees progress and hope for patients diagnosed with lung cancer in this short video. Some of the changes he discusses include video-assisted thoracic surgery, known as VATS. He also talks about being able to do surgery on a patient through an incision of [...]

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End Colon Cancer Now!

By Harry C. Edwards | Published: March 8, 2012

Did you know? Colon cancer is preventable. Colon-cancer screening saves lives- if all colon-cancer cases were detected at their earliest stages, five-year overall survival rates would jump from 65% to 95% Colon-cancer screening is cost-effective and safe. Legislation in Washington state ensures that colon-cancer screening is covered by insurance. Community leaders across Washington joined forces [...]

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