Patient Stories

"I feel like I woke up in plastic surgery heaven"

Thanks to Complex Microsurgery, a Breast Cancer Patient Is on the Road to Recovery Tiashia Caldwell’s first mammogram resulted ...

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Thank you to everyone at the Breast Center for making me feel safe and at ease.

“I have been a patient of Saint Barnabas' Breast Center since being diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago. In April, I ...

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"Everyone is very surprised at how quickly, how thick, how fast, my hair is growing back."

After receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, hair loss was low on the list of concerns facing New Jersey resident Jessica Heline. ...

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"When you go through an experience like this and feel that everybody you come in contact with, that's working on your case, is there for you — that feeling of being alone just dissipates."

Shawn Leyden was diagnosed with colon cancer and he was treated at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. Shawn is now cancer free. “I ...

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"Cyberknife is very non-intrusive, it allows you to go on with your everyday life."

Joe was diagnosed with prostate cancer and he was treated by the Radiation Oncology Department at Saint Barnabas Medical Center ...

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“We’re thrilled. I’m grateful my father was treated at a hospital that offers the most progressive treatment possible.”

Robotic surgery, combined with an experimental therapy, stopped one patient's aggressive cancer in its tracks. The lab report ...

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I’m so glad I had the screening, I’ve been very lucky.

Lung cancer screening helped one patient beat the odds. Making appointments has always been one of Kathryn Napier’s least ...

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With their complicated surgeries behind them, Patangi Amin and Ana Costa reflect on their experiences, sharing what has made them stronger.

Patangi Amin and Ana Costa, two New Jersey women who were diagnosed with breast cancer, made the difficult decision to have ...

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"I realize how important the human connection is—for example, when somebody holds your hand during a biopsy, or when you come back from surgery and the nurses put their hand on your head and say everything will be fine. A patient should be treated like a human being and not just a chart."

As an internal medicine specialist, Deval Gadhvi, MD , is usually the one performing exams, ordering tests and fielding ...

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