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Swedish's ACTIVE (Addressing Cancer Through Individualized Exercise) Program Featured in CURE magazine
SEATTLE, July 14, 2008 -- The Swedish Cancer Institute's unique ACTIVE (Addressing Cancer Through Individualized Exercise) Program was featured in an article published in the summer issue of CURE (Cancer Updates, Research & Education) magazine.Titled 'Forward Motion: Exercise programs prove be...
Swedish Cancer Institute Taking Part in Clinical Trial of Sputum Test for Early Detection of Lung Cancer
SEATTLE, May, 2, 2008 – Swedish Cancer Institute announced today it is collaborating with VisionGate, Inc. – a privately held biomed/biotech company based in Seattle – to provide samples from lung-cancer patients for further development of VisionGate’s Cell-CT™ pl...
Cancer Patients at Swedish to Benefit from Expansion of ACS Patient Navigator Program
SEATTLE, April 16, 2008 – The American Cancer Society (ACS) today launched its second Patient Navigator Program at the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, thanks to support received from AstraZeneca. This is the third site in Washington state included in a strategic nationwide effort to signi...
Swedish-Affiliated Breast-Cancer Specialists Interviewed for Articles in The Seattle Times, P-I about a New Mammography Study
SEATTLE, Dec. 13, 2007 -- The results of a small, nationwide study published in this week's issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute support the widely accepted, if not so widely adopted, recommendation that diagnostic mammograms -- which are done when cancer is suspected and wh...
Swedish Cancer Institute's Director of PsychoOncology Interviewed for MSNBC.com Article about What to Say, Not to Say to Breast-Cancer Patients
SEATTLE, Oct. 18, 2007 -- When we're about to ask the boss for a raise, or our kids to clean up their rooms, most of us tend to go out of our way to get the wording just right to ensure a positive outcome. Unfortunately, not everyone is so thoughtful when speaking to people in the midst of a l...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Publishes Article about Cancer Survivorship Programs
SEATTLE, Oct. 8, 2007 -- Today's issue of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer featured a front-page article about the relatively new concept of hospitals and other cancer-care providers beginning to offer former oncology patients access to cancer survivorship programs.Linda Hohengarten, director of...
Swedish Cancer Institute Physicians Interviewed for Seattle Magazine Article on Inflammatory Breast Cancer
SEATTLE, Oct. 4, 2007 -- In light of this month being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the October issue of Seattle magazine features an article about a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer called Inflammatory Breast Cancer or IBC.Two Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) physicians -- Dr...
