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Patricia Carlson, third from left, celebrated an early, cancer-free Mother’s Day at Mercy Medical Center with her doctors and family.

Mercy Medical Center detects 'hard-to-find' breast cancer

Mercy Medical Center honored a grateful patient and her family at its Radiology and Imaging Center on May 8. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 5/16/19

Brooke Williams, left, and her brother, Jack, second from right, were honored at the Cancer Center for Kids at New York University Winthrop Hospital’s Black and White Ball. They were joined by their parents, Donna-Marie Korth-Williams and Ken Williams, and Dr. Mark Weinblatt, far right, chief of the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at NYU Winthrop Hospital and the director of the Cancer Center for Kids.

Rockville Centre siblings honored for service to children with cancer

Siblings Jack and Brooke Williams, of Rockville Centre, were named youth award recipients during the Black and White Ball in Garden City on April 12, an annual fundraiser hosted by the Cancer Center for Kids at New York University Winthrop Hospital. more

5/8/19

If only we knew now what we’ll know then

I saw a guy in town waiting under the portico of a medical practice that specializes in lung disease, and damn if he wasn’t puffing away on a cigarette. more

5/3/19

Stacy Miranda, of Long Beach, who was successfully treated for breast cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, chatted with State Sen. John Brooks, of Seaford, after she gave a keynote speech at the grand-opening ceremony for MSK’s newest center, on Hempstead Turnpike in Uniondale.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center opens in central Nassau

Thirty-nine-year-old Stacy Miranda is an ice climber — that is, she scales cliff faces coated in ice. She does so as a member of Climb for Hope, a nonprofit organization that raises funds to … more

By Scott Brinton | 4/5/19

Mary’s sister Lyndsey, far left, and mother, Carol, second from right, joined Abby Marriott, second from left, and Rachel Corner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in December to give Roku digital media players to patients.

Ruchalski family of Rockville Centre keeping late 12-year-old Mary’s memory alive through foundation

The Ruchalski family traveled to Sag Harbor on March 11 to visit a bench they dedicated to their daughter and sister, Mary, who died of cancer last March 11, at age 12. more

By Ben Strack | 3/28/19

Meri Lupo modeled a rainbow peplum with Just Float on Flare jeans at the Rockville Centre Breast Cancer Coalition’s second annual Fashion Show on March 10.

Survivors hit the runway to raise funds for Rockville Centre Breast Cancer Coalition

Breast cancer survivors took to the runway on March 10 for the Rockville Centre Breast Cancer Coalition’s second annual Fashion Show at Bridgeview Yacht Club in Island Park. more

By Ben Strack | 3/21/19

In 2019, resolve to help save a life by giving blood

Last year I learned of an extraordinary young boy from Long Island, Brandon VonBargen. Brandon, then a third-grader at Bayville School, was diagnosed in January with APML, a form of leukemia. more

By Neela Lockel | 1/25/19

Still hoping for the best for the Nassau Hub

Once upon a time, there was a military airport right in the middle of Nassau County. It was called Mitchel Field, and there may be a few of us left who can remember the roar of . . . more

12/20/18

I have stage II estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, my doctor informed me I don't need chemotherapy due to low risk gene score, but I'm concerned without it my cancer will return. Can you explain how my doctor can be sure my tumor is low risk?

Great question. Patients, particularly with early stage (stage I-II) estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, have benefited immensely from the testing you describe. Gene expression profiling … more

12/5/18

Into thin air again, and finding my way

Two months ago, I wrote about my daughter’s discovery that she has a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, which brings with it a high risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer during her lifetime. more

11/16/18

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