Cancer Education
In an
effort to keep you informed with accurate and relevant information about
cancers in our specialty areas, the Memorial Hermann Cancer Center – Texas
Medical Center (TMC) provides this educational resource library of past online
seminars and chats given by physicians affiliated with our hospital. This
cancer education center gives you immediate access to an expert’s knowledge and
insight on a variety of cancers, ranging from skin to ovarian cancers, as well
as links to other cancer educational resources.
Patient-Specific Cancer Care
Memorial
Hermann Cancer Center physicians work to provide each patient with the most
effective cancer treatments. This involves a team of physicians studying each
individual tumor and from that research developing a patient-specific therapy that
is believed to best combat the disease. View the replay of this webinar to
learn more about our Center’s cancer care approach, which offers personalized treatment
to patients in order to optimize clinical outcomes.
Colorectal
and Pancreatic Cancers
Colorectal
cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death and the third most
common cancer, excluding skin cancer, among men and women in the U.S. today.
Still, early diagnosis often leads to a complete cure of the disease and the
death rate from colorectal cancer has been going down steadily for the past 15
years. Unlike colon cancer, pancreatic cancer is not nearly as frequent,
occurring in about 1 in 72 people, but the prognosis is much more grim, with
fewer than 4 percent diagnosed alive after 5 years. Check out this replay of an
online presentation on colorectal and pancreatic cancers and learn about the
risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for these two different types
of cancers.
Skin Cancer
Skin
cancer, including melanoma and non-melanoma, is the most common type of all
cancers. While melanoma makes up less than 5 percent of skin cancer cases, it
causes the majority of skin cancer deaths and new incidences have been rising
steadily for the last 30 years at least. Learn about individual risk factors,
how to protect your skin from UV rays and how to recognize and treat melanoma
and other forms of skin cancer by viewing this past webinar presented by a
Memorial Hermann Cancer Center - TMC affiliated physician.
Gynecological
and Breast Cancers
Breast
and gynecological cancers, such as ovarian and cervical cancers, are a known
health threat to women everywhere, which is why its important all women stay
informed with the latest information on these cancers. Check out this replay of
a web chat and learn about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment for a variety of breast and
gynecological cancers. Specifically, get an expert physician’s answers to
questions regarding the human papillomavirus
(HPV) and its
vaccine; endometrial, cervical and ovarian cancers; and the importance of
screenings such as pap smears and mammograms.
Lymphoma
One
person is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 4 minutes, making blood cancers
such as leukemia and lymphoma diseases that affect the lives of thousands of
Americans every year. Learn more about lymphoma, how it is diagnosed and the
treatments Memorial Hermann Cancer Center-TMC physicians have available for
patients today through a replay of this webinar.