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The Phelps Health Delbert Day Cancer Institute (DDCI) is named after Delbert Day, PhD, Curators’ Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering and Senior Investigator (formerly Director) of the Graduate Center for Materials Research at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. The creation of the DDCI was initially funded through a gift from Dr. Delbert Day’s daughter-in-law and son ...

Read Time: 1 Minute Phelps Health is gearing up to honor National Cancer Survivors Day (NCSD) with a breakfast celebration for area cancer survivors 8:00-10:00 AM on Saturday, June 1, at Greentree Christian Church, located at 800 Greentree Road in Rolla. This year’s theme, “Luau for Life: Aloha, Survivors,” sets the tone for a festive occasion. All cancer survivors in ...

Read Time: 7 Minutes Lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the US. Thomas Guerrero-Garcia, MD, a board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist with the Phelps Health Delbert Day Cancer Institute (DDCI), discusses new approaches to lung cancer treatment. Traditional treatment and beyond At the DDCI, our cancer care team ...

Read Time: 6 Minutes Did you know? In Missouri, lung cancer is the most common type of non-skin cancer among both men and women. Kan Huang, MD, PhD, MS, a medical oncologist and hematologist, and the medical director of the Infusion Center at the Phelps Health Delbert Day Cancer Institute (DDCI), answers frequently asked questions about the disease. What is ...

Read Time: 6 Minutes Stories of breast cancer usually start the same way: with a lump. That was unfortunately the case for Sarah Snelson, of St. James, Missouri, who discovered a lump while breastfeeding her youngest son. This latest change in her body came during a time of other major life changes. “I had a baby, built a house and ...

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 ...