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In the News
2019
March 28, 2019
Arizona Republic
There’s a New Blood Test to Screen for Colon Cancer. So Should You Skip the Colonoscopy?
Phoenix-based Sonora Quest Laboratories has a new colon cancer blood test on the market that sounds like an enticing alternative to the oft-dreaded colonoscopy.
Meet Our Specialist: Dr. Anathea Powell
February 21, 2019
U.S. News and World Report
After the Diagnosis: Treatment Options for Kidney Cancer
Most often, the cancer is found incidentally. A CT, or computed tomography, scan is done, for instance, because a person has abdominal pain or some other (usually unrelated) symptoms. And when clinicians take a peek into the upper abdominal area where the bean-shaped organs are located, a mass is discovered in one of the kidneys.
Meet Our Specialist: Dr. Jue Wang
2018
June 11, 2018
KJZZ
Arizona Study Links HPV, Cervical Cancer to Vaginal Microbes
A new study of Arizona women by the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Maricopa Integrated Health Systems, Dignity Health – Cancer Institute at St. Joseph’s, and U.S. Oncology could help explain why some women with HPV develop cervical cancers while others do not.
Meet Our Specialists: Drs. John Farley
News Releases
2019
January 11, 2019
St. Joseph’s First in Arizona to Receive Center of Excellence Designation in Robotic Surgery
Dignity Health – Cancer Institute at St. Joseph’s and St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center have each been designated a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by Surgical Review Corporation (SRC). The two hospitals are the first in Arizona to receive this distinguished designation.
2018
November 20, 2018
Fighting Cancer Grows on D-backs, Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Doctor
Barbers wielding straight razors put an end to Dignity Health’s “Let Your Humankindness Grow – No Shave Challenge” today by rapidly shearing off a month-long growth from Arizona Diamondbacks President & CEO Derrick Hall, former baseball star Luis Gonzalez and doctors from Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center.
August 14, 2018
U.S. News & World Report Names St. Joseph’s one of the Nation’s Best Hospitals
Dignity Health – Cancer Institute at St. Joseph’s is Arizona’s highest nationally-ranked hospital in the specialties of neurology and neurosurgery; and gynecology in this year’s U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals issue.U.S. News & World Report’s annual listing of top hospitals is the most respected of all national hospital rankings. St. Joseph’s is ranked #15 in this year’s neurology and neurosurgery category and #19 in the gynecology category.
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