Stories with tag: "Cancer Screening & Prevention"

Linda Dowling, RN, lung cancer screening program manager at Rush, shares her perspective on lung cancer and early detection

Rush's personalized breast cancer screening program focuses on finding breast cancer early

The genetic counseling and testing process is an empowering one

How Rush is saving lives by detecting breast cancer earlier

A mammogram is an X-ray procedure that can detect breast cancer in its earliest stages

Fewer people would die of colorectal cancer if health care providers adopted a new model of screening

The American Cancer Society recommends that people at average risk of colorectal cancer start regular screening at age 45

Delayed screening for colorectal cancer is threatening to reverse progress on reducing the rate of the disease

A nonprofit organization helps narrow the racial gap in cancer deaths