Mar 10, 2020
Adrienne Duckworth, WVU Cancer Institute Nurse Practitioner specializing in lung cancer, discusses the short and long term effects of lung cancer including symptoms to watch out for after treatment, how to encourage linkages between specialty and primary care, and how advances in lung cancer care offer hope.
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Mar 5, 2020
In this episode Dr. Valerie Galvan Turner, Director of Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Research at the WVU Cancer Institute, discusses the short and long term effects of cervical cancer. Topics include the role of early detection, the benefit of support groups, why some patients do not have surgery after radiation, the...
Mar 2, 2020
In this episode West Virginia University Cancer Institute’s Dr. Emily Groves, Colorectal Surgeon, and Dr. Carl Schmidt, Director and Chief of Surgical Oncology, discuss the high cure rate for early stage colon cancer, when it is important to see a specialist for care, how patient summaries can help primary care...