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Spotting Skin Cancer: Do You Know How?
Lahey Clinic can help. Join us on Saturday, May 19th for a free skin cancer screening at the Lahey dermatology department located at 20 Wall Street in Burlington.
The screening is free, but appointments are required.
Don’t become a skin cancer statistic.
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Have Fun, Get Your Sweat On, and Support Lahey Clinic!
Calling all Lahey Clinic fans, please join our friends at bodyco in Middleton, MA for a fun-filled day of activities and workouts… all with the goal of raising money for Lahey Clinic’s Cancer Center. On Saturday May 12, 2012, bodyco will host it’s annual Fight Cancer Fundraiser. This family-friendly event includes eight consecutive 1-hour classes [...]
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FREE Lung Cancer CT Screenings at Lahey Clinic
If you are between the ages of 50 and 74, currently a smoker (or have quit within the past 15 years) and have a history of smoking at least a pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years, you may qualify for a free low-dose CT lung screening.
The screening is quick and painless and you do NOT have to be a Lahey patient to receive this free screening. However, your primary care doctor must order the test.
To learn more, please call 1-855-CT-CHEST between 8:30am–4:30pm, Monday through Friday to complete a screening questionnaire.
Lahey Clinic Cancer Care Conference = Success
On Friday, October 21,2011 Lahey Clinic’s Sophia Gordon Cancer Center sponsored “The Promising Future of Cancer Care” at the Boston Marriott Burlington. We are pleased to say the event was an overwhelming success. The conference attracted more than 350 appreciative members of the public, who spent the afternoon enthusiastically diving into sessions on advances in diagnosing and treating cancer
Lahey Clinic Presents The Promising Future of Cancer Care
Lahey Clinic invites you to participate in an extraordinary day of learning, discussing and celebrating the advancements in cancer care.
This multifaceted, in-depth event will offer sessions on advancements in lung, colorectal, prostate, head and neck, and breast cancers, as well as breast radiotherapy, presented by Lahey Clinic cancer physicians, and features keynote speaker, Dr. Susan Love.
Dr. Love is an internationally recognized breast cancer researcher, surgeon and author. She is president of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes and funds breast cancer research, has a close involvement with the Avon Army of Women, and is the author of Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book, often considered the bible of breast care since it was first published back in 1990.
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Prostate Cancer: Everything You Need to Know [Webinar]
What do back to school, the start of apple season, and prostate cancer awareness have in common?
They all happen in September!
Dr. David Canes - Lahey Clinic Urologist
That’s right, September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. With that in mind, Lahey Clinic and Parkland Medical Center invites you to join us for a FREE webinar featuring Lahey urologist Dr. David Canes.
Dr. Canes will discuss prevention, symptoms and strategies for dealing with a prostate cancer diagnosis.
This webinar is live and interactive.
It’s a great way for you to learn more about prostate cancer and offers you the unique opportunity to talk one on one with a leading prostate expert right from your own home.
Let’s Walk! [Video] Lahey Clinic Cancer Walk
Lace up those sneaks and get ready to do something great for you and perhaps someone you love. Lahey Clinic is thrilled to announce its sixth annual 5K Cancer Walk.
We hope you’ll join us at either our Burlington or Peabody location for this fun, family friendly, fundraising event. And calling all you runners out there, this year we’re also adding a 5K run into the mix!
To learn more about all the festivities being offered at the Lahey Clinic Cancer walk or to register, please visit our website at www.lahey.org/cancerwalk.
The money raised goes directly to patient care, programs, treatments and research at Lahey Clinic.
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Lahey Clinic Cancer Walk Participants: Don't Miss Your Chance To Win
If you participated in Lahey Clinic's 5K Cancer Walk on June 5, 2010 - this reminder is for you.
There is just one week remaining to turn in your donations and earn
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A Great Life Following A Grim Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Imagine thinking you had pneumonia, then finding out you had advanced lung cancer.
It happened to Judy Newberne of Bedford, Massachusetts.
After visiting a Boston hospital, Judy was told by a doctor there that her case was
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A Million Reasons to Walk: Lahey Clinic’s Cancer Walk & 5K Run