Recent Blogs at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission
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Health Care
New Cervical Cancer Prevention Guidelines Every Woman Should Know
Estimated read time: 4 minutesFor women, cervical cancer screenings are a really important part of maintaining whole health. In fact, cervical cancer screenings can prevent cervical cancer by detecting pre-cancerous cells, and...
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Health Care
What’s Your Ovarian Cancer Risk?
Estimated read time: 3 minutesThough ovarian cancer is the deadliest type to affect a woman’s reproductive system, it doesn’t have to be.
Of the women whose ovarian cancer is spotted early, 92% survive for more than five years...
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Health Care
Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer Can Save Lives
Estimated read time: 5 minutesA person’s lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is about 1 in 23 for men and 1 in 25 for women, making it the third most common cancer diagnosed in American men and women (excluding skin...
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Health Care
How is Colon Cancer Treated?
Estimated read time: 3 minutesPeople diagnosed with colon cancer have good reason to be optimistic.
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Health Care
Colorectal Cancers: Marching Toward Colon and Rectal Cancer Awareness
Estimated read time: 6 minutesWhether it’s because of the similarity in the words themselves, the parts of the body they impact and where they originate, or the dread the “C-word” conjures up in all of us, colon cancer and...