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Cancer Care In the News

Genetic Link to Colon Cancer

CBS Evening News with Katie Couric - May 6, 2008
Scientists have identified a genetic defect called Lynch Syndrome that significantly lowers the average age of a colon cancer diagnosis. Katie Couric interviews a brother and sister who have a family history of cancer, and Anna Leininger, certified genetics counselor at HealthEast Cancer Care.

Eye to Eye: Colon Cancer’s DNA

CBS News web site - May 6, 2008
Katie Couric speaks with Anna Leininger, certified genetics counselor at HealthEast Cancer Care, about Lynch Syndrome and how it places a person at greater risk for developing colon cancer.

Track Record Grows for Breast Cancer Therapy

WCCO-TV - June 12, 2007
The medical world is getting more excited about a novel way of blasting breast cancer.

Five-year follow up results are now available for a procedure called MammoSite, from Cytyc Corporation. The results show, after five years, none of the first 43 women treated had their cancer come back. Watch the news segment.

Local Hospital Offers New Technology for Breast Cancer Detection, Treatment

KARE-11 - June 11, 2007
When you make your living screening others for breast cancer, a new detection device can be exciting.

Mammographer Rita Schomaker calls the new Breast Gamma Camera at the HealthEast Breast Care Center at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, "a fantastic tool." Watch the news segment.

Breast Cancer Survivor Gives Back to Hospital

WCCO-TV - May 29, 2007
A young woman who survived breast cancer has decided to give back to the hospital that helped her get better. Kelly Moore gave HealthEast Breast Care Center a check for $20,000. Watch the news segment.

New Breast Cancer Exam Sees What Mammograms Miss

WCCO-TV - February 27, 2007
Twin Cities doctors are using a new way to spot breast cancer with a test that could see the disease that mammograms might miss.

Minnesota women have one of the highest rates for getting their mammograms but the test can still miss one in five cancer cases. Watch the news segment.