A breast cancer survivor diagnosed at 38 years old describes her journey. Three days before my 38th birthday, I was told: “You have breast cancer.” Everything I had heard about breast cancer prior to my diagnosis was that 1) it is a disease that primarily affects older women, and 2) a mammogram will detect breast […]
Read More… from What I Wish I Had Known About Breast Cancer Before My Diagnosis
Experts say continued prostate cancer screening is an individual choice even as risk increases with age. An estimated one in eight men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Although it’s possible for men to develop […]
Read More… from Until What Age Should You Be Screened for Prostate Cancer?
How the USC Brain Tumor Center is bringing new hope and treatments to brain cancer patients When 64-year-old Felicitas Gonzales was recovering from surgery to remove a pituitary tumor from the base of her skull, she never could have imagined that eight days later, her Keck Medicine of USC brain surgeon, Dr. Gabriel Zada, would […]
Mohd Raashid Sheikh, MHA, MD, a surgeon with Keck Medicine of USC, explains what you should know about gallbladder surgery and recovery. The gallbladder is one of the organs in the human body that gets little attention until it becomes a problem. And they become problematic often. Gallbladder removal surgery, which is also called a […]
Editorial Style Guide for Keck Medicine of USC and the Keck School of Medicine of USC Keck Medicine of USC and the Keck School of Medicine of USC use an editorial style guide primarily following Associated Press Style in its internal and external communication channels. Special exceptions are listed in this editorial style guide; if […]
What to know about recovering from total knee replacement surgery. Total knee replacement is a common surgery, with more than 790,000 performed every year in the United States. Also common is the fear that patients have about the recovery time for total knee replacement surgery. Many worry about the pain they will experience; others are […]
Read More… from 5 Tips to Optimize Knee Replacement Recovery Time
The unique qualities that make USC Verdugo Hills Hospital a standout When I first began working at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) in 2003 as an emergency room physician, the atmosphere seemed too good to be true. I felt I had been propelled into a classic sitcom, where everyone is good and kind and watches […]
USC Sarcoma Program specialists explain types of sarcomas, symptoms of a sarcoma and new treatments for these rare cancers. Sarcomas are rare types of cancer that can develop in soft tissues or bone and can occur anywhere in the body. Because they are rare, often they are harder to diagnose than other cancers, and treatments […]
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial from Keck Medicine of USC will investigate if immunotherapy administered at home can achieve the same outcomes as in-clinic therapy. A clinical trial from Keck Medicine of USC will test the feasibility of treating non-small cell lung cancer with immunotherapy provided at home. Immunotherapy, medicines that use the body’s immune system […]
Read More… from Study Explores the Future of At-Home Cancer Treatment
Keck Medicine of USC researchers are investigating whether performing chemotherapy followed by a novel type of surgery is a viable treatment for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer. A clinical trial from Keck Medicine of USC aims to provide a surgical solution for patients with a form of advanced pancreatic cancer previously considered inoperable. The study […]
Read More… from New Study Will Test If ‘Inoperable’ Pancreatic Tumors Can Be Safely Removed