MedStar Health Blog

A burning discomfort in the chest after eating is painful and frustrating. Heartburn that gets worse or keeps coming back can sometimes be an early sign of esophageal cancer, one of the most aggressi...

For patients with certain types of cancers, brachytherapy can provide a precise, less invasive treatment to a limited area of the body, reducing radiation exposure to healthy tissue. Now, a new techn...

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) offers patients with specific stages of prostate cancers an effective, noninvasive option that can reduce treatment time, have similar overall survival/loca...

Colorectal cancer remains among the top four most common cancer diagnoses in the United States, yet deaths caused by colon and rectal cancers have slowly declined since 1968. While this can largely b...

MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s rectal cancer program has been reaccredited by the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).  Med...

Plasma cells are a type of white blood cell found inside bone marrow. These specialized cells produce antibodies that defend the body from infection. When plasma cells grow out of control, they cause...