Cancer Center

Did You Know? Nearly half a million Americans die every year from smoking-related disease. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. Cigarette and Tobacco Facts Cigarettes contain more than 7,000 chemicals; at least 69 ...

Early Detection Saves Lives Lung cancer used to be an almost automatic death sentence because it was often caught too late. Today, that’s beginning to change thanks to advances in screening and detection that can find lung cancer ...

Jessica Cash, morning DJ on 93.3 WFLS Today’s New Country, talked to Sandi Wright, Lead Radiation Therapist at MWHC Regional Cancer Center at Montross, about the Montross Health & Wellness Festival happening Saturday, Sept. 22 ...

When we hear the word “cancer”, it strikes fear in most of us. We have all known someone, a friend, relative or even ourselves, who has been diagnosed. But does the fear of a cancer diagnosis keep you from seeing the doctor, ...

Clinically Proven to Reduce the Risks of Side Effects The Mary Washington Healthcare (MWHC) Regional Cancer Center has added a new technology for men choosing to undergo radiation therapy for prostate cancer. The newly offered SpaceOAR® ...

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, and includes different types. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays causes most cases of melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer. To lower your skin cancer risk, protect your skin ...

Check your skin...If you can spot it, you can stop it. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. The three main types, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma, are mainly caused by UV ...

April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness month. Know the facts about the causes and risk factors so that you can reduce your risk or identify symptoms early and get treated. Esophageal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form ...

What are Head and Neck Cancers? Head and neck cancer is a general term used to describe a number of different malignant tumors that develop in or around the lips, mouth, salivary glands, throat, larynx, nose, and sinuses. What causes Head ...

Testicular Cancer: Speak up and Speak out Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in men ages 15 to 34 with over 8,700 men expected to be diagnosed in 2017. Risk factors for testicular cancer include having had an undescended testicle ...