Tips to Help Fight Skin Cancer

By K. Kenneth Chao, MD   Each year, over 2 million Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer (melanoma, basal cell, or squamous cell), according to the American Cancer Society. Almost […]

Cancer Survivorship

June is national cancer survivorship month, and it is a celebration of the advances that we have achieved over the past century against this group of diseases collectively known as […]

Brain Tumors And Help

New Advances In Cancer Therapies By Tyler Kang, MD; The brain is the master of the body, and we know that diseases that afflict the brain can cause significant problems […]

Great American Smokeout Nov. 19-22

Events during Great American Smokeout offer free lung screenings and cessation education  WHAT:        Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) will be offering free lung screenings and tobacco cessation […]

How to prevent cancer

By Gautam Prasad, M.D., Ph.D.                     When I see men and women who were diagnosed with cancer, they frequently ask, “why […]

Cancer and Bone Density

by Amanpreet Buttar, MD:                                     Osteoporosis literally means “porous” bones. It causes bones to […]