Can diet reduce breast cancer risk?
A diagnosis of breast cancer often leads women to reevaluate their nutrition and health practices. Some may reflect on what diet or lifestyle habits…
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Genetic testing empowers breast cancer survivor
“As far as I know, there is no breast cancer in my family history,” says Annapolis resident Aileen Carlucci. But in the summer of…
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4 ways to help a friend with breast cancer
When a friend is diagnosed with breast cancer, you want to do the right thing, but may wonder what the right thing is. Try…
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Diagnostic Imaging: What You Should Know
Excerpts from our Living Well with Cancer podcast interview with Karen Scott, executive director of Anne Arundel Diagnostics Imaging. Listen to the entire interview here….
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The battle after beating cancer: Chemo brain
It was finally time to celebrate. Earl Shellner had just received an honorary certificate for completing a long course of chemotherapy. This was the…
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Treating Chemo Brain
Excerpts from the Living Well with Cancer podcast interview with Rebecca Gondak, speech language pathologist at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Rebecca discusses therapy to treat cognitive impairment, chemo brain, that…
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Understanding Cancer Screenings
Excerpts from Living Well with Cancer podcast interview with Joanne Ebner, Supervisor of Anne Arundel Medical Center’s DeCesaris Cancer Institute’s cancer prevention program. Listen…
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Screening for Lung Cancer
We find more cancers on subsequent screenings, so it is important to get screened for lung cancer annually.
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Skin cancer screenings: Know what to look for
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, and it’s on the rise. Skin cancer can affect anyone at…
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Genetic Counseling for Breast and Ovarian Cancer
With Angelina Jolie in the news recently for preventatively having her ovaries removed—following a preventative double mastectomy just two years ago—many women have questions…
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