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Nov 19, 2019 Cancer: Where to Call for Help Cancer Care

Now There's a Single Phone Number for Clear and Compassionate Answers About Cancer Treatment. When a person is diagnosed with cancer, he or she has a lot to learn—and many decisions to make. What’s the best course of treatment? Where is the best place for ...

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Oct 30, 2019 Saving One Life, Preserving Another Cancer Care

A gynecological oncologist at SBMC treated one patient's ovarian cancer—and helped her preserve her dream of conceiving a second child. Maureen Zavocki and Dr. Wagmiller WHEN MAUREEN ZAVOCKI, 33, had trouble getting pregnant, her doctors found an ...

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Oct 30, 2019 A 'Dream Team' For Breast Cancer Care Cancer Care

Saint Barnabas Medical Center physicians credited for Morristown woman’s treatment and recovery. In November 2017, Stephanie Quinton felt a lump in her left breast while doing a self-examination. She immediately went to see her primary care physician, who ...

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Oct 24, 2019 Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Preventative Care Cancer Care

After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women and is the second leading cause of death from cancer among women. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 268,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer ...

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Oct 11, 2019 Comfort Project 360 Announces 6th Annual Reason to Rock Honorees Cancer Care

Established in 2014, Comfort Project 360 (CP360) complements the outstanding care provided at The Cancer Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center by creating supportive and healing environments in which patients and their loved ones are treated. “Community ...

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Oct 10, 2019 A Full Life After Liver Cancer Cancer Care

A powerful partnership helped a Short Hills man survive – and thrive – after his diagnosis. You might call Kelly Marx an ironman. At the age of 85, he has stared down cancer, and won. He credits his recovery to his own medical “dream team,” highly skilled ...

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Oct 8, 2019 Lung Cancer: New Reason for Hope Cancer Care

Earlier detection and newer treatments are giving lung cancer patients better odds. Lung cancer wasn’t on the agenda when a West Orange woman accompanied her husband to his routine annual checkup at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) in the fall of 2018. ...

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Oct 8, 2019 Only the Best for Breasts Cancer Care

New screening tools and technologies spare patients from more invasive procedures. “One size does not fit all when it comes to breast screening,” says Linda Sanders, MD, Medical Director of The Breast Center at the Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center. ...

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Sep 30, 2019 Saint Barnabas Medical Center Presents “The Faces of Breast Cancer” at The Mall at Short Hills Cancer Care

This October, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) and the Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center are once again partnering with The Mall at Short Hills to raise awareness for breast health. “The Faces of Breast ...

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