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Lung cancer poses a significant threat, surpassing combined risks of prostate, breast, and colorectal cancers. Lee Health emphasizes the importance of early detection through screenings in Southwest Florida.
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For more than a decade, a medical device equipment sterilization plant emitted carcinogenic air pollution in Central Fort Myers, creating an increased lifetime cancer risk for those exposed. On Nov. 1, officials with the EPA and the Florida DEP met with concerned residents. WGCU’s John Davis gets details in a conversation with News-Press Senior Writer Amy Bennett Williams, who has been covering this developing story.
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Rep. Ralph Massullo, a Lecanto Republican who is a dermatologist, is seeking to require health insurers to cover the costs of annual skin-cancer screenings.
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Getting a clip job at Golisano Children’s Hospital helps to fund-raise for pediatric cancer patientsSeptember was National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Community supporters proved bald is brave by letting pediatric cancer patients shave their heads to raise money for the Golisano Children's Hospital cancer fund.
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South Lee proton therapy cancer center celebrates site foundation, Lee Health subsidiary partnershipDr. Arie Dosoretz, one of the founders of Advocate Radiation Oncology, announced a partnership this week between Southwest Florida Proton and Lee Healthcare Holdings, a subsidiary of Lee Health, at an event to celebrate the final pouring of the foundation for the company's 35,000-square-foot building at the northwest corner of Three Oaks and Estero parkways in Estero.
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Certain types of cancer occur more frequently in firefighters than in the general population, according to CDC research. A training program can help local firefighters.
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The nearest other proton therapy centers for Southwest Florida residents are two in Miami, one in Delray Beach and one in Orlando. Two centers are planned for Tampa Bay.
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Giselle Morales celebrated her first birthday on August 5 and then rang the celebration bell on Friday, denoting the end to her cancer treatments
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Since 1946 the not-for-profit Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has focused on finding young researchers who are exploring out of the box approaches…