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    Genetic Testing for Cancer: Is it Right for You?

    When Hollywood star Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times op-ed that she chose to undergo a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of getting cancer, the actress sparked a national dialog about genetic testing. Jolie carried a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases the ...

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    Scripps Clinic Physician to Receive Cancer Society's Highest Honor

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced it will award Scripps Clinic radiation oncologist Prabhakar Tripuraneni, M.D., with its highest honor, the ASTRO Gold Medal, during ASTRO’s 55th annual meeting this September in Atlanta. ASTRO’s Gold Medal, first awarded in 1977, is ...

  • Patient Stories

    Unique Program Helps Woman Navigate Cancer Treatment

    Michele Nolta’s Story Michele Nolta will always be grateful to her Scripps doctors, and for Scripps Health Foundation’s annual Spinoff: Auction for Life event, which has raised millions of dollars to support advanced cancer care and our unique patient navigation program that guided her ...

    • Friday, May 24th, 2013

  • Patient Stories

    Scripps Helps Local DJ Press ‘Play’ Again on a Musical Life

    Music rings through every chapter of Scott Butler’s life story. He performed in a youth choir and later played trombone in high school. During college, he sang lead vocals in a rock band. And for more than a decade, he’s run a successful local DJ business. But the music suddenly went silent for ...

  • Wellness

    The Healing Power of Music

    If you’ve ever popped a favorite CD into your car stereo during rush hour to soothe your nerves or take your mind off the long commute ahead, you’ve tapped into something music therapy professionals know: music can have real effects on body, mind and mood. In fact, it has been shown to ...

    • Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

  • News Releases

    Public Invited to Cancer Survivors Celebrations Throughout June

    Scripps Health will host free public celebrations throughout the month of June for local cancer survivors, families, friends and the community at large at each of its five hospital campuses across San Diego County, as part of the 26th annual National Cancer Survivors Day. The programs are open to ...

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    Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue to Headline In Concert for Cancer June 17

    Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, a Grammy-nominated band whose signature “supafunkrock” sound fuses jazz, funk, rock and soul, will headline the third annual In Concert for Cancer on Monday, June 17 at 7 p.m. at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Presented by Scripps Health , the concert will ...

    • Monday, April 29th, 2013

  • Patient Stories

    After Beating Cancer, Scripps Patient Passes ‘Toughest Test’

    Last spring, Sven Jensen got the news nobody wants to receive. Doctors diagnosed a fast-growing malignant tumor at the base of his tongue, which had spread to his neck. Jensen underwent three major surgeries, six rounds of chemotherapy and 35 radiation treatments – all within two months. But when ...

  • News Releases

    Leading Physicians Join Staff at Scripps Proton Therapy Center

    Two highly regarded radiation oncologists, Ryan Grover, M.D., and Huan Giap, M.D., Ph.D., have joined the medical staff at the Scripps Proton Therapy Center, a $220 million cancer care facility in Mira Mesa that’s expected to open for patient care in late-summer 2013. Expertise in cancers of head ...

    • Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

  • News Releases

    New Lung Cancer Study Takes Page from Google's Playbook

    The same sort of mathematical model used to predict which websites people are most apt to visit is now showing promise in helping map how lung cancer spreads in the human body, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer Research. The findings could potentially impact cancer care by ...