by Monique Binkley Smith | Feb 23, 2022
Timing is everything when it comes to maintaining good health. That’s according to Dr. Rita Kwan-Feinberg, MPH, FACS, a Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation surgeon who specializes in breast cancer and serves as co-director of the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at...
by Sutter Health | Dec 8, 2021
In the photo above, NBC reporter Kate Snow, left, interviewed Dr. Phyllis Napoles and pancreatic cancer survivor Jim Ford, whose cancer was detected by a blood test that Sutter Health helped to study. By Gary Zavoral and Karin Fleming, Vitals contributors Jim Ford of...
by Karin Fleming | Oct 29, 2021
Nancy Stuckey, seated in center, founded Think Pink Granite Bay to support breast cancer survivors and help fund research. At a fashion show to raise funds for breast cancer survivors and research in October, Think Pink Granite Bay organizer Nancy Stuckey gathered...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 22, 2021
Get your mammogram; early detection saves lives. That’s the timely message from two breast cancer experts this Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many women delayed getting their annual mammogram out of concern for COVID-19, says breast surgeon Anne Peled, M.D.,...
by Sutter Health | Jul 15, 2021
By Kathy Engle, Monique Binkley Smith & Clayton Warren, Vitals contributors You’ve probably heard the numbers. According to the American Cancer Society, a woman has a 1 in 8 chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and regular screening...
