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John Muir Health is among the Bay Area's most advanced and comprehensive resource for cancer care for children and adults. With a long history of providing cancer care services to the community, we are committed to quality care and healthy outcomes.
Our Walnut Creek campus and Concord campus offer technologically advanced screening, testing and diagnostic tools, breakthrough treatments, and a cancer care team of doctors, nurses and other clinicians dedicated to individualized care and support for both children and adults.
As a comprehensive center for cancer treatment, we provide all aspects of patient care including clinical and physician services, laboratory and pharmacy services, support groups, and patient education about prevention, diagnosis, and treatment options. In order to deliver the most advanced care, we conduct medical research through clinical trials in order to find better ways to treat and prevent different forms of cancer.
Find out more about different types of cancer and treatment options.
Prevention
We also offer a wide range of cancer-related public services to promote awareness regarding prevention, early detection, and treatment of cancer.
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Risk Assessment
Knowing your risk for cancer can help you manage your health.
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Genetic Counseling
The John Muir Cancer Institute offers individualized genetic risk assessment, counseling and testing services.
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Ovarian Cancer Overview
by Babak Edraki, M.D., Gynecologic Oncologist (925) 627-3440
Ovarian cancer is an aggressive disease with vague early warning signs that affects 20,000 women in the U.S. each year. In this podcast, gynecologic oncology specialist Babak Edraki. M.D. discusses risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment options.
- Breast Cancer Screening with MRI
- Digital Mammography: Enhanced Accuracy in Breast Cancer Screening
- Early Screening for Lung Cancer
- Genetic Counseling/Testing: Cancers With An Inherited Risk
- Getting a Second Opinion: Here's How
- Hereditary Risk for Colon Cancer
- Hormonal Therapy and Breast Cancer
- Improved Cancer Treatment with IMRT
- Minimally Invasive Colorectal Cancer Surgical Techniques
- Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Biopsies
- New Advances in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
- Ovarian Cancer Overview
- Robotic Surgery in Gynecological Procedures
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometrial Cancer
- Treating Prostate Cancer with Robotic Surgery
We are here for education, support and to help you navigate your way through your diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
Call (925) 947-3322.
EBUS: New Technology at John Muir Diagnoses and Stages Lung Cancer Without Incisions
A first in Northern California, EBUS, or endobronchial ultrasound, is an innovative ultrasound-guided biopsy that results in highly accurate diagnosis and staging of lung and other thoracic cancers. Read more.