Masses, lumps or abnormalities may or may not be cancer. Making a determination can be quite complicated and requires access to state-of-the-art testing, knowledgeable specialists who can make the right…
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is form of breast cancer that often can be mistaken for a rash, allergic reaction or minor infection. Although it is aggressive and fast-growing, it is…
Thanks to the Steven Vanover Foundation and other caring community supporters, Norton Cancer Institute will have specialized laboratory capabilities and equipment to perform on-site genomic testing. This highly specialized testing will make…
Now, more than ever, is a time to take control of your health. With October marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month, take the time to schedule your annual mammogram. Increased steps…
Twelve years ago, Jeremy Sprecher registered to ride his bike to Lexington and back as part of the first Bike to Beat Cancer in support of Norton Cancer Institute. Even…
When Marisela Cervantes first rode in Bike to Beat Cancer four years ago, she started with the family ride. She rode in honor of Annette Conrad, a friend of a friend…
News of actor Chadwick Boseman’s death at age 43 came with the announcement that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016 and it had progressed to stage 4….
Norton Healthcare chaplain Brian Wilson, Rev. Brian K. Wilson, Sr., MDiv., BC, hopes for the day when the diagnosis of cancer no longer contains the sting and ache it now…
Kentucky has the highest rate of colon cancer in the nation. Yet one-third of adults are not getting screened as recommended. Norton Healthcare is taking steps to address a big…
Lynn Parker, M.D., gynecologic oncologist with Norton Cancer Institute, is on a mission. She’s doing whatever she can to spread the word: There’s a lot that can be done to…
A few months ago, when Americans began feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, state mandates required a focus on urgent and emergency care. Along with patients’ own concerns about being in…
For the more than 60,000 men each year whose prostate cancer is treated with radiation therapy, the close quarters around the prostate and rectum meant that prostate radiation treatments used…