A Cancer Conversation

Chris Curry sits down with Drs. Martha Terris & Jordan Ciuro to discuss prostate cancer and the latest advancements with treatment options

On this episode, Chris sits down with Dr. Ayushi Chauhan with learn about Burkitt Lymphoma. Learn about Burkitt, along with its origin and what risk factors to look out for!

On this episode of a Cancer Conversation, we have a guest host! Lindsey moved from behind the cameras to the front of them to fill in for Chris and to discuss cervical cancer and screening options with Dr. Higgins!To learn more, visit: https://news.augustahealth.org/2023/0...

Chris Curry sits down with Dr. C. Freeman McCluskey, an intern working on the Urologic Cancer Care team at AU Health. McCluskey is no stranger to Urologic Cancer, and in this episode, he shares his story about his testicular cancer diagnosis and journey.

Leptomeningeal disease is a type of metastatic cancer. The leptomeninges are two layers of tissue covering the brain and spinal cord. They are the innermost layers covering the brain's surface, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid. Five to eight percent of people with cancer will develop leptomeningeal disease. It is estimated that of the ~54,000 Georgians diagnosed each year with invasive cancer, as many as 4,000 are at risk of developing leptomeningeal disease. Chris Curry sits down with Dr. Wallace, an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at the Medical College of Georgia to discuss Leptomeningeal disease and the newest clinic to aid in patient care and treatment of the disease.

The Thoracic-Oncology NOW (New Oncology Workgroup) Clinic is a multidisciplinary clinic that is staffed by four specialized physicians with expertise in the treatment of thoracic malignancies, the clinic takes place every Wednesday afternoon at the Georgia Cancer Center.The thoracic multidisciplinary team provides personalized care for every type and stage of lung cancer and other cancers in the chest, including all primary lung, thymic, chest wall (sarcomas) cancers and pleural mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, metastatic disease to lungs, malignant pleural effusions, port-a-catheter placement.The Thoracic NOW Clinic and the use of artificial intelligence to improve the accuracy and the diagnosis of lung nodules are important parts of the effort of our cancer center to provide exceptional patient care.

In this episode of A Cancer Conversation, Chris Curry sits down with Dr. Scarlet Charmelo Silva to discuss different Oral Cancers and the importance of visiting the dentist. He also speaks with Dr. Marlo Vernon about the CHANGE Initiative to bring healthy habits to local Augusta communities to combat cancer. #cancerscreening #augustauniversity #cancer #cancerprevention #georgiacancercenter #headandneckcancer #oralcancer

In this episode, Chris Curry sits down with Drs. John Henson & Eric Ring. Together, Ring and Henson created the Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia. The clinic focuses on children who have a predisposition to cancer, which is a genetic mutation that increases the chance of developing cancer at an earlier age.

In today's episode, Chris Curry sits down with Dr. Ken Vega to discuss everything you need to know about colorectal cancer.

#georgiacancercenter #cancerscreening #cancerprevention #cancer #coloncancer #coloncancerawareness #augustauniversity #auhealth

While people living in smaller, more rural towns in Georgia may have been able to visit their primary care provider on a regular basis, they may not have a choice for specialized care when that family doctor delivers the news, “You have cancer.” And numerous research studies have shown just how vital access to cancer care closer to home can be in giving someone a better chance at surviving their cancer. This is why multiple teams working inside the Georgia Cancer Center at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are committed to closing care gaps across Georgia.

This desire to make cancer prevention and quality cancer treatment available to communities in need, to close the cancer care gap, is shared by cancer care organizations and communities across the globe and is the theme for World Cancer Day 2023. World Cancer Day, created on February 4, 2000, at the World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium in Paris, is an initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). In addition to adoption of World Cancer Day, the Paris Charter “aims to promote research, prevent cancer, improve patient services, raise awareness and mobilize the global community to make progress against cancer.” “Close the Care Gap” addresses barriers to prevention and promotes access to cancer risk reduction resources and services.

Join Chris Curry for this episode of "A Cancer Conversation" as he discusses ways the Georgia Cancer Center is working to "Close the Care Gap" with Dr. Jorge Cortes, director of the Georgia Cancer Center at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, and Maryclaire Regan, a member of the Cancer Center's Cancer Information and Awareness program.

Learn more about World Cancer Day: https://www.worldcancerday.org/

Learn more about the Cancer Center's Cancer Information and Awareness program: https://www.augusta.edu/cancer/community/information-and-awareness.php

Tobacco Cessation Program: https://www.augusta.edu/cancer/community/tobacco-cessation.php

#WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap #CancerScreening #CancerPrevention #CommunityConnections