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March 5, 2025
In 2014, John White was diagnosed with prostate cancer and given a couple of years to live. Now, he’s a committed advocate for those living with cancer.
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February 27, 2025
Tufts Medical Center offers free wigs and fittings for patients with medical hair loss
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February 21, 2025
Recommendations pave the way for integration into clinical practice
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January 27, 2025
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month and Tufts Medicine gynecologic oncologist Valena Wright, MD shares what you need to know about preventing, catching and treating this disease.
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January 10, 2025
Tufts Medicine oncologists share what you need to know about the Surgeon General’s new advisory on the link between alcohol and cancer
In the News
December 11, 2024
John Wong, MD, Chief of Clinical Decision Making and Primary Care Physician at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about a new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation that women should have the option to self-screen for cervical cancer, starting at age 30.
Patient Stories
October 31, 2024
MelroseWakefield Hospital breast cancer patient is a fierce advocate for mammograms and early detection
Patient Stories
October 30, 2024
Patients facing a cancer diagnosis often feel in the dark about what happens in the lab after all the blood tests and biopsies. This lack of information can add stress and fear during an already difficult time. That’s why Lija Joseph, MD, Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital, has worked hard to bring laboratory medicine out of the shadows.
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October 30, 2024
Dallas Reed, MD, Chief of Genetics at Tufts Medicine, discusses hereditary cancer risk, Polygenic Risk Scores and the latest advances coming to the field of genetic cancer screening.
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October 22, 2024
Breast cancer survivor Linda Frederick offers Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital patients and caregivers healing Reiki and meditation.
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October 14, 2024
Tufts Medical Center’s Reid R. Sacco AYA Cancer Program provides comprehensive long-term follow up care to patients diagnosed with cancer under the age of 40, while also leading national research on the financial hardship associated with cancer.
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October 11, 2024
Lowell General Hospital’s Mary Schmitt, Clinical Genetics Nurse Practitioner, explains how genetic testing and precision medicine are changing cancer care.
In the News
October 10, 2024
Meng Li, PhD, Researcher at the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about her new study, which found large disparities in the availability and timeliness of availability of new cancer drugs.
Articles
October 8, 2024
Tufts Medicine’s guide to the cancer screenings you need at every age for people with average risk.
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October 8, 2024
Dr. Jill Steinkeler, Medical Director of Breast Imaging at Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital, shares what breast density means for your breast health, breast cancer risk and breast cancer detection.
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October 4, 2024
Tufts Medicine’s Dr. Sarah Persing on the benefits oncoplastics, which combines breast cancer treatment with plastic surgery techniques to restore the breast's natural appearance after cancer removal.
In the News
September 19, 2024
Raymond Comenzo, MD, Director of Transfusion Services and Director of the John C. Davis Myeloma and Amyloid Program at Tufts Medical Center, in a press release about him joining the Immix Biopharma scientific advisory board.
In the News
September 13, 2024
Jenny Ruan, MD, Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about a new at-home cervical cancer screening technology that could help reduce racial disparities.
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September 10, 2024
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August 23, 2024
Q&A with Andreas Klein, MD, Interim Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Tufts Medical Center, about a new NCI study on cancer in Asian Americans.