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U.S.News & World Report ranks John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek Campus in Top 50 for Treatment of Digestive Disorders.

John Muir Health Cancer Network 2008 Statistical Review - Prostate Cancer

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• Cervical Cancer Vaccine: What You Need to Know
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• 2008 Outcome Analysis Prostrate Cancer
• 2007 Cancer Program Report

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What is Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)?

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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.

Podcast:
Digital Mammography: Enhanced Accuracy in Breast Cancer Screening
by Dr. Vivian Wing, M.D., Radiologist (925) 947-5396

Dr. Vivian Wing, M.D., chair of the Department of Medical Imaging at John Muir Medical Center, reports on the recent advances in digital mammography and on what categories of women would benefit the most from digital scans.

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• 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

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We are here for education, support and to help you navigate your way through your diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

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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.