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Read Time: 6 Minutes The earlier you can catch cancer, the more treatment options you have available, and that’s why screening is so important. Just as mammograms help detect breast cancer and colonoscopies help find colorectal cancer, lung cancer screening is a preventive tool to look for signs of lung cancer. Devon Griep, lung cancer screening coordinator at the Phelps ...

Hearing the words, “you have breast cancer,” can bring out a range of emotions. People may feel scared, overwhelmed and likely have questions. Breast cancer is the most common cancer found in women after skin cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 287,850 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women this year. Phelps Health Medical ...

Read Time: 4 Minutes Three Things to Know Women at average risk of breast cancer should begin yearly mammograms at age 40. Colonoscopies and stool-based tests can be used to screen patients for colon cancer. Lung cancer screening involves a low-dose CT scan. When it comes to cancer, early detection allows for the best outcomes. The earlier you can catch ...

Read Time: 3 Minutes Three Things to Know Dixon resident Janet Webster was diagnosed with stage IV small cell lung cancer in 2021. At first, she received her treatments in St. Louis, but the long drives became burdensome. She chose to receive care, close to home, at the Phelps Health Delbert Day Cancer Institute (DDCI). Janet says the DDCI team ...

Read Time: 3 Minutes Cervical cancer used to be one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in women in the US. However, thanks in part to more women getting Pap tests, or Pap smears, along with other medical advances, the rate of women being diagnosed with cervical cancer has dropped significantly in recent years, according to Wesley Harden, MD ...

Read Time: 2 Minutes Bruce Southard has been a smoker for the past 40 years, and he estimates that he smokes about half a pack of cigarettes per day. The 64-year-old Rolla resident is considered a heavy smoker, and because of this, Bruce has a high risk of developing lung cancer, the third most common cancer in the US. Already ...

Read Time: Two Minutes The Phelps Health Delbert Day Cancer Institute (DDCI) will celebrate five years of service to patients on January 9, 2022. “In the fight against cancer, the five-year mark is significant,” said Division of Medical Specialties Executive Director and DDCI Director Jeremy Stinson. “For many, the five-year mark is an indicator of a major victory against cancer ...

Read Time: Three Minutes Did you know that except for skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men? In 2017, the most recent year that data was available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 207,000 new cases of prostate cancer were reported among men. In Missouri, there were about 3,400 cases reported ...

Read Time: Three Minutes Bob May first noticed there was a concern when he looked in the mirror one day and noticed his jaw was slightly swollen. He already had a scheduled appointment with his dermatologist, and after the two discussed options, Bob went to see Brian Kriete, MD, an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist with Phelps Health. Bob ...

Getting cancer was one of Sally Arft’s biggest worries in her life. Unfortunately, her worst fear came true in 2018, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer after discovering a lump. “When I found it, I wasn’t too alarmed about it,” said Arft, a 74-year-old Salem, MO, resident. “One time, it felt like it was there, and the next time ...