MedStar Health Blog

From screening to treatment—and everything in between—breast cancer care is improving rapidly. And MedStar Health is at the forefront of the shift from “life-extending” treatm...

Any cancer diagnosis is jarring to the patient and family. With women’s cancers – such as ovarian, uterine, or cervical cancer – the diagnosis can be particularly difficult.  ...

Starting at age 40—or sooner, based on your personal and family health history—mammography should become a central tool in your annual health checkups. Your health care team will use your mammogram re...

For years, the main goal of prostate cancer surgery was to get rid of the cancer, potentially adding years of life. But advances in prostate cancer screening and treatment have led to radical shifts ...

Ovarian cancer rates have declined in recent decades, but in the United States this year over 21,000 women are expected to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and nearly 14,000 women will die from it. ...

Hannah Arem, PhD, Scientific Director of Implementation Science at the MedStar Health Research Institute, was selected for funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for her five-yea...