After being diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her fortieth birthday, Renee felt overwhelmed and out of control. After meeting with her breast cancer surgeon and making a plan, she...
Alvin Kwok, MD, MPH, is a breast reconstruction surgeon who returned to Utah to join the Huntsman Cancer Institute team. He shares with us how breast reconstruction can help patients'...
Huntsman Cancer Institute celebrates International Women's Day 2018 in a conversation with Dr. Theresa Werner. Her patients juggle treatment with lives that often include work, a relationship, and motherhood. She...
In this episode of Talks with Docs, Kirstyn Brownson, MD, tells us how she went from ballerina to surgeon after a life-changing injury. Dr. Brownson also speaks with us about...
John Ward, MD, has been a part of Huntsman Cancer Institute since its doors first opened. He now serves as Interim Senior Director of Clinical Affairs and the Interim Physician...
By better understanding cancer in its earliest stages鈥攁nd a deeper knowledge of healthy cell behavior鈥攚e shed light on the precursors of cancer and what allows a cancer to grow. Read...
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After their sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, Juana Cobi谩n and her brother decided to get genetic testing. Genetic testing provides a way for many to understand their risk for...
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Terri Jones had a plan. "When it got to the idea of reconstructive surgery, all I knew is that I didn鈥檛 want anything foreign...
Regina Rosenthal, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon practicing breast surgery at the University of Utah鈥檚 Huntsman Cancer Institute. She has more than twenty years of experience in the surgical...
Michael Sheffield was a healthy 45-year old in 2010 when he noticed some pain in his nipple. Not thinking much of it, he waited a few weeks until a routine...
Sarah was 32 years old and 14 weeks along in her third pregnancy鈥攖his time a baby boy. Everything was normal until one day she found a lump in her breast...
Today patients, donors, dignitaries, and staff of Huntsman Cancer Institute celebrated the groundbreaking of the next major expansion on the cancer campus. The Kathryn F. Kirk Center for Comprehensive Cancer...
Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall on breast implants manufactured by Allergan. We asked Jay Agarwal, MD, chief of plastic surgery at the University of...
Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah unveiled the Cancer Screening and Education bus. This new, state-of-the-art mobile outreach clinic brings HCI鈥檚 clinical and educational expertise and the...
