Cancer Stories from Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center
New Report: More People Surviving Cancer
July 2010
The American Cancer Society released a new report on the number of people surviving cancer, and it shows the death rates are going down. Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL has a comprehensive cancer program treating both adults and children. P/SL and RMHC at P/SL has some of the best survival rates in the region. You don't have to travel all over town for treatment either. You'll find all your care in one place, one campus with our specialists and diagnostic tools all under one roof. Click here for more information on both adult and pediatric cancer care. If you would like to read the full report from the American Cancer Society please click here.
Make 1,000 Origami Cranes and You Will Be Granted A Wish...
Sadako Sasaki was at home when an atomic bomb was dropped one mile from her house on Hiroshima. She was just two years old. At the time, the toddler was full of energy, full of life. No one knew what was to come.
Her story is like so many patients who find out they have a form of cancer. One day they are living life, feeling fine, even sweating the small stuff. The next day they hear the "C" word, cancer. Sadako was a normal little girl who went from running on the playground to a hospital bed with less than a year to live. Until you have first hand experience, no one really knows what that must feel like. Newly diagnosed patients come to Presbyterian/St. Luke's in Denver for the best quality cancer care possible.
P/SL Reaches Cancer Treatment Milestone
As reported by Kathy Walsh, CBS4
Sept. 4, 2008 Denver (CBS4) - Historically bone marrow transplant is a difficult procedure and yet offers leukemia patients the best chances of survival. From 1991 to now, there have been a number of advances in this treatment that are making the 1,500th procedure at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center a little easier and hopefully more successful.
Read and watch the full story at: http://cbs4denver.com/health/leukemia.bone.marrow.2.809980.html
