MedStar Health Blog

Colon cancer is the third-most commonly diagnosed cancer in U.S. adults, excluding skin cancers. And the trend of cancer in younger patients continues, with diagnoses and death rates on the rise in p...

Radiation therapy plays a critical role in preventing cancer recurrence and is often recommended for women with breast cancer undergoing a lumpectomy. However, traditional radiation therapy requires ...

When a patient is diagnosed with early-stage colon cancer, we start talking right away about how to keep it from coming back after treatment.  Though thinking that far ahead might seem strange...

Everyone knows someone—a family member, friend, colleague, or neighbor—that has battled breast cancer. In 2021 alone, about 281,000 women will receive an invasive breast cancer diagnosis,...

This blog was written by Charlotte Gamble MD, MPH and Lauren Damle, MD. With over 14 million new infections every year, human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infectio...

A cancer diagnosis can be one of the most difficult things you encounter in your lifetime. For many, a diagnosis can come out of seemingly nowhere. It's normal to feel anxious or overwhelmed by ...