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06/10/2010 St. Joseph’s Offering Genetic Testing for Melanoma Cancer
Arizona residents lead the United States in getting skin cancer. St. Joseph’s Comprehensive Cancer Center is now offering genetic testing to help people determine if they are at risk for melanoma cancer.  
01/22/2010 St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Offers Support for Women with Cancer
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in partnership with the Face in the Mirror Foundation presents a series of support and education programs for women with cancer on the first Wednesday of every month.
09/28/2009 St. Joseph's Is First in Arizona To Treat Prostate Cancer with CyberKnife
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is the first hospital in Arizona to offer prostate cancer patients breakthrough radiosurgery with CyberKnife. These treatments for early stage cancer are being conducted as part of a clinical trial. The CyberKnife is a state-of-the-art robotic system used to perform non-invasive tumor treatment.
09/21/2009 Young Sisters Undergo Genetic Cancer Test – One Undergoes Double Mastectomy
At 24-years-old, Shannon Harris is one of the youngest women in the nation to have undergone a preventative double mastectomy after testing positive with a gene that increases the risk of developing breast cancer.
06/25/2009 St. Joseph’s Selected as Only Site To Provide New Genetic Test for Brain Cancer
St. Joseph's has partnered with Castle Biosciences, Inc. to provide the nation's first genomics-based test for patients suffering from glioblastoma multiforme, the most deadly form of primary brain cancer.
02/26/2009 St. Joseph's to Host Free Ovarian Cancer Survivors Course
On Saturday, March 21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Gynecological Cancer Foundation in partnership with the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center will host a free ovarian cancer survivors course.

01/29/2009

Valley Teen Battling Cancer Captures Dream Opportunity
Jennifer Marlowe’s dream of becoming a photographer is about to come true despite her fight with cancer. The Valley teen will receive professional photography lessons in Colorado next week thanks in part to staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and a photography company based in Littleton.
08/26/2008 St. Joseph's Encouraging Enrichment for Patients with Life-Limiting Illnesses
The Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is offering a unique palliative medicine program to treat patients in a holistic manner while they undergo treatment for a chronic illness.
04/09/2008 Are You at Risk?
The Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is offering genetic risk assessments to Valley residents who have cancer or a family history of cancer. The initial consultation is free and a physician referral is not required. The risk assessments currently focus on breast, ovarian, colorectal and melanoma cancers.
01/30/2008 St. Joseph's Offers Free Nutrition Education for Valley Residents with Cancer
The Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is offering outpatient nutrition education for Valley residents with cancer. Participation in the program is free and a physician referral is not required.
04/25/2007

St. Joseph's Comprehensive Cancer Center Receives Accreditation from the Commission on Cancer
The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) has granted a three-year approval with commendation to the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. St. Joseph's received CoC approval for its commendable level of compliance with one or more standards that represent the full scope of the hospital's cancer program.
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