oncology

Cancer victims often feel like they’ve lost control of their lives. A whirlwind of appointments, surgeries and therapies makes their heads spin. But a...

GOWANDA — State Farm has teamed up with the Roc Solid Foundation to provide play sets to kids with cancer, including MarLu, a 3-year-old girl from Gow...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — UPMC Cole cancer center staff and leaders have joined the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center network. UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Couders...

The American Cancer Society reports that colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women. One in 22 men and one in...

WELLSVILLE — Each year, members of the Genesee Valley Oncology Nursing Society present the Nurse of Distinction award to an individual nurse who exemp...

ALBANY (TNS) — Laura Greco is looking for a restaurant job. Part-time is probably best. She isn’t looking to earn a little extra money. The job isn’t ...

On Jan. 6, Upper Allegheny Health System announced that its member hospitals, Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean General Hospital, will be res...

On Jan. 6, Upper Allegheny Health System announced that its member hospitals, Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean General Hospital, will be res...

According to an April 2020 report, cervical cancer screening dropped nationwide by 83%. This steep decline is due to the temporary shutdown of medical...

This past summer I got a call from my brother. “Mom’s in the hospital. There was some bleeding and it looks like she’s going to need surgery … and pro...

OLEAN — When Dr. Kaitlyn Andreano was in the seventh grade, her late grandmother, Brenda Dunn, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, which took her li...

Well wishes may come in waves when people begin to let loved ones know they have been diagnosed with cancer. Such wishes may express sentiments like “...

No two women are the same. But when it comes to breast cancer, women from all walks of life share various risk factors for a disease that the World He...

There is an old joke that asks, How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The answer, of course: practice, practice, practice. While Dr. Gopala Ramineni’s advi...

(TNS) Family gatherings on Zoom and FaceTime. Online orders from grocery stores and pharmacies. Telehealth appointments with physicians. These have be...

OLEAN — Officials hope to cut the ribbon at a new $1.7 million chemotherapy infusion center next month, and everyone’s invited. Online, that is. The o...

Women who survive breast cancer can serve as beacons of strength, encouragement and hope. Each story is as unique as the individual who lived it, but ...

Providing patient-centered care is a point of pride for any health service organization. That is certainly true at Armstrong Center for Medicine and H...