Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States. Dr. Thomas Richardson, urologist with Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa Urology, and Dr. Jessica
St. Luke’s Nassif Radiation Center has introduced KV trigger imaging, an advanced technology that monitors patient movement, to its radiation treatment protocol. During radiation treatment, the care team carefully places
Join the Nassif Community Cancer Center this Sat., Aug. 9 at Prospect Meadows for the first Fighting Cancer Together youth baseball tournament! Ball games start at 9 a.m. featuring 9u-17u
Life changes when a patient receives a cancer diagnosis and becomes a survivor. During active treatment, there are appointments, lab tests, surgery, chemo, radiation and more. When a patient completes
Mona Cook, BSN, RN, CBCN, care coordinator at the Nassif Community Cancer Center, discusses cancer survivorship services available to patients. What is cancer survivorship support? Cancer survivorship support is a
You could say Sara Veerhusen started going to the Helen G. Nassif Community Cancer Center before it existed. “After I was diagnosed with cancer in 2002, I took advantage of
Perry Lawrence, 66, of Cedar Rapids, had a long history of smoking. He started after graduating high school in 1976 and kept up the habit for nearly five decades, until
Crystal Prull of Marion, a Certified Medical Assistant, was used to caring for others, but in December of 2023, she faced her own health challenge. After feeling a lump in
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital offers patients a minimally invasive option for lung biopsies using Ion, a robot-assisted surgical tool. It allows physicians to obtain tissue samples from deep
Ed Fisher, 68, has been a semi-truck driver for 50 years. He spends his days on the road, but is back home with his family each night in Mechanicsville. His
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