Wellspring

In This Issue

• These Are Curious Times
• A Changing Arsenal
• A Shocking Diagnosis for a Man
• A One-in-a-Million Breast Cancer Diagnosis
• She Knows the Value of Mammograms
• Mastectomy Was Her Decision
• She's Making Each Day Count
• Grandmother's Strategy: Fight and Pray
• Clinical Trials Advance Treatment Options
• Breast Cancer Surgery Options
• Radiation Therapy Can Keep Cancer from Returning
• Stages of Breast Cancer
• Join the Army of Women Helping Breast Cancer Research
• Ten Cancer Myths
• Breast Cancer Death Rates on the Decline
• Lymphedema Management Program
• Understanding Breast Cancer
• Breast Cancer Getting the Facts, Finding Hope
• NorthBay Cancer Center Earns Approval with Six Commendations
• Relay Rallies Funds for American Cancer Society
• Digital Mammography Now Available at Women's Imaging Center
• Cardiac Surgery Has Successful Start
• First Mended Hearts Chapter Forms
• Saving a Heart of Gold
• NorthBay Awarded Chest Pain Center Designation
• NorthBay Health Care Launches Heart & Vascular Interventional Program
• Samer Kanaan, MD Joins Heart & Vascular Surgical Team
• A Dream With Wings
• NorthBay Invests in Green Technology
• Joint Replacement Program Celebrates Second Anniversary
• A Lifetime of Giving
• Wellspring Garners Publication Awards
• NorthBay Guild 'Care Carts' Visit Patients
• Local Teens Take on Nurse Camp
• Genentech's STRIDE Shares Gift with NorthBay's ABC Clinic
• NorthBay's Web Site Has New Look
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Celebrates 24 Years
• Experts Team Up for NorthBay Lecture Series
• Welcome New Physicians Fall 2009
• Community Health Education Classes

Breast Cancer Getting the Facts, Finding Hope

September 21, 2009 · No Comments

No one visiting their physician wants to hear the words "breast cancer." But it does not mean life is over. Instead, it is the beginning of a learning process. Patients are given an arsenal of tools with which to fight cancer: surgery, drugs, radiation and hope.

Early detection and self-awareness greatly increase the survival rate for those diagnosed with breast cancer. The five-year survival rate soars to more than 95 percent when diagnosed early.

This issue of Wellspring, in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, aims to increase the ranks of those who continue to live enjoyable, productive lives.

NorthBay Healthcare’s highly acclaimed cancer center is a leader among community-based hospitals. This special report sheds light on the best defense against breast cancer and new treatment options.

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