by Ashley Boarman | Nov 11, 2024
(Left to Right) Dr. Peter Anastassiou, Wendy Armstrong (patient), Dr. Heba Ismail and Dr. George Horng Lung cancer screenings paired with routine mammography can support earlier detection Imagine going in for one cancer screening only to learn you may have another....
by Ashley Boarman | May 20, 2024
Jennifer Morrice (left) praises her Sutter care team, including Sutter’s Dr. Heba Ismail (right), for bringing on the latest tech for diagnosing and treating lung cancer. Jennifer Morrice’s stage 3 lung cancer diagnosis came as a total shock. The 35-year-old had...
by Karin Fleming | Feb 27, 2024
A “happy accident.” That’s how Rod Derbyshire describes his cancer diagnosis today. However, the initial news was a shock to his system. A series of tests and a CT scan in 2023 to investigate unexplained weight loss revealed something else. He had a tiny, slow growing...
by Karin Fleming | Nov 15, 2023
Stefan Walczak, 74, has experienced his fair share of journeys as a volunteer train driver in Yuba City, Calif., about 40 miles north of Sacramento. But nothing could prepare him for the “ride of a lifetime” his seventh decade would bring. Walczak, a former smoker and...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 3, 2023
Just in time for Lung Cancer Awareness Month, an interventional pulmonary team in San Francisco is celebrating its 200th robotic bronchoscopy for the early detection of lung cancer. The minimally invasive procedure is available at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical...
