/tags/siteman-cancer-center Siteman Cancer Center en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:17:01 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-01-16/new-siteman-clinic-brings-clinical-trials-to-metro-east-cancer-patients Siteman Cancer Center’s newest location will bring access to new treatments and clinical trials to the Metro East.The cancer center's Shiloh, Illinois,… Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:17:01 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-01-16/new-siteman-clinic-brings-clinical-trials-to-metro-east-cancer-patients Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2018-09-21/nonprofit-to-offer-free-health-screenings-at-community-fair The organization 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St. Louis will host its 16th annual community health fair this weekend.The event, held at Harris-Stowe… Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:41:22 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-09-21/nonprofit-to-offer-free-health-screenings-at-community-fair Shahla Farzan /economy-business/2018-07-31/north-st-louis-county-welcomes-new-siteman-cancer-center Siteman Cancer Center broke ground Tuesday on its fifth outpatient site. The $26.3-million, 37,000-square-foot facility will be located on the Northwest… Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:40:48 GMT /economy-business/2018-07-31/north-st-louis-county-welcomes-new-siteman-cancer-center /health-science-environment/2018-06-04/siteman-aims-to-make-clinical-trials-more-diverse-by-bringing-science-to-north-st-louis For years, clinical trials were focused in academic medical centers such as the one below oncologist John DiPersio’s office at Siteman Cancer Center, high… Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:19:01 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-06-04/siteman-aims-to-make-clinical-trials-more-diverse-by-bringing-science-to-north-st-louis Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2017-10-23/wash-u-medical-center-offers-new-gene-altering-treatment-for-some-types-of-blood-cancer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved a drug that genetically modifies a patient's immune cells to attack cancer cells. Washington… Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:34:59 GMT /health-science-environment/2017-10-23/wash-u-medical-center-offers-new-gene-altering-treatment-for-some-types-of-blood-cancer Eli Chen /health-science-environment/2017-01-12/doctors-and-a-baseball-star-urge-black-men-to-talk-to-doctors-about-prostate-cancer Black men are nearly two times more likely to die from prostate cancer than any other ethnic group. So when a federal agency cited several studies of… Thu, 12 Jan 2017 22:58:46 GMT /health-science-environment/2017-01-12/doctors-and-a-baseball-star-urge-black-men-to-talk-to-doctors-about-prostate-cancer /health-science-environment/2016-02-25/breast-cancer-screenings-are-up-but-new-guidelines-could-hurt-outreach In the past six years, staffers at Family Care Health Center in St. Louis have doubled the number of women coming in for regular mammograms.It’s part of a… Thu, 25 Feb 2016 23:31:15 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-02-25/breast-cancer-screenings-are-up-but-new-guidelines-could-hurt-outreach /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-06-10/despite-battle-with-cancer-triathlete-teri-griege-continues-to-inspire-others If there is one word to describe Teri Griege it would be ‘resilient.’ She began running marathons in her forties after conquering an alcohol addiction and… Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:50:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-06-10/despite-battle-with-cancer-triathlete-teri-griege-continues-to-inspire-others Mary Edwards /health-science-environment/2015-02-01/addressing-racial-disparity-in-bone-marrow-donor-match-rates-with-advances-in-transplant-technology You’ll meet them at health fairs, schools and churches: volunteers who ask for a cotton swab of DNA and your consent to join the national bone marrow… Mon, 02 Feb 2015 04:18:01 GMT /health-science-environment/2015-02-01/addressing-racial-disparity-in-bone-marrow-donor-match-rates-with-advances-in-transplant-technology /arts/2014-05-30/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-vocalists-sing-for-siteman It’s safe to say that the life of every person is at some time touched by cancer. That is the unifying factor in the 5th Annual “Sing for Siteman” benefit… Fri, 30 May 2014 23:28:16 GMT /arts/2014-05-30/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-vocalists-sing-for-siteman Mary Edwards