Cancer Care

Cancer Care, Women’s Health

What to Expect After a Mastectomy

If you or a loved one are in need of a mastectomy, ease your mind by learning what you can expect from the surgery.

Cancer Care

What Genetics Can Tell You About Your Cancer Risk

If you want to know your risk of developing select cancers, your DNA might contain the clues. Discover more.

Cancer Care, Lungs & Breathing

When Should You Get a Lung Cancer Screening?

People rarely know they have lung cancer when it’s in the earliest stages and is most curable. Here is what you should know about early screening.

Cancer Care, Lungs & Breathing

What Happens to Your Lungs When You Vape?

Two Hackensack Meridian Health experts in lung cancer weigh in on how vaping can impact your lungs, including what they're seeing in their own patients.

Cancer Care, Women’s Health

Should You Be Doing Breast Self-Exams?

Learn about the current breast self-exam recommendations, the latest mammogram protocols and how to determine the right cancer-screening plan for you.

Blood Pressure, Cancer Care, Cardiac / Heart Health, Lungs & Breathing

Is Vaping Safer than Normal Smoking?

Electronic cigarettes have been marketed as healthier alternatives to cigarettes, but vaping brings its own list of dangerous side effects and warnings.

Cancer Care

HPV Does Not Always Lead to Cervical Cancer

What's the connection between HPV and cervical cancer? Two Hackensack Meridian Health experts break down disease risk, prevention and when to get screened.

Cancer Care, Men’s Health

What You Should Know about Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is a serious disease but early detection and emerging treatments are giving patients new hope for survival.

Cancer Care, Neuroscience, Parenting, Pediatrics

What Are the Early Symptoms of a Brain Tumor?

For kids, detecting a brain tumor early in development can improve outcomes. What are the early signs of a brain tumor? Here’s what to watch for.

Cancer Care, Women’s Health

Breast Cancer Treatment Gives Hope for Younger Women with Advanced Disease

New and compelling evidence demonstrates how effective breast cancer treatment can be for young women with advanced disease.