A Quarter Century Later, Metastatic Melanoma Patient is Still Cancer Free
Diagnosed in 1997 under the late Donald Morton, MD, and attending physician Richard Essner, MD, John refuses to see anyone else when it comes to his Stage 4 cancer treatments. Meet John Santoliquido;...
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Top Gun Surgeon? Dr. Laura Fluke, Navy surgeon, is welcomed aboard the Donald...
What Does The U.S. Navy and Saint John’s Cancer Institute have in Common? “The aircraft carrier [USS Dwight D. Eisenhower] houses 6,000 people. On this ship, as the only surgeon… the jets can’t take...
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Peer-reviewed Research Studies at Saint John’s Cancer Institute
A Culmination of Expertise in the Fields of Oncology: 2022 Academic Year In 2022, Saint John’s Cancer Institute published 90 peer-reviewed research studies across more than a dozen key specialties and...
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The 2nd Annual Santa Monica Melanoma Symposium!
Outstanding Speakers, Outstanding Presentations The Santa Monica Melanoma Symposium held its 2nd annual event at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, Saturday, April 29th, 2023. It was a free...
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International Clinical Trials Day: Hear from the Experts In Cutting-edge...
Kim Margolin, MD; Przemyslaw Twardowski, MD; Leland Foshag, MD; Parvin Peddi, MD; Santosh Kesari, MD; Emma Chacon, RN, Discuss the Impact of Clinical Trials and Research. Saint John’s Cancer Institute...
View ArticleMelanoma Awareness: When Was Your Last Routine Skin Exam?
Taking care of your skin goes beyond just vanity; it’s about preserving your health, well-being, and potentially saving your life. This month is a reminder of the urgent need to educate ourselves and...
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Melanoma Awareness: Dr. Trevan Fischer explains the ABCDEs
Incidents of Younger Melanoma Patients on the Rise Dr. Trevan Fischer, Assistant Program Director of the Complex General Surgical Oncology fellowship, performs between one to two hundred melanoma...
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Dr. Kim Margolin, Her Patient with Stage 4 Melanoma, and the Art of Medicine
Retired Air Force Sergeant Survives a Rare and Aggressive Stage 4 Melanoma Diagnosis In a span of two months, Michael Antonson, 35, started sweating uncontrollably, feeling an undue amount of fatigue,...
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Precautions to take as the UV Index Rises
The amount of time spent in the sun matters. When the UV Index is at its highest, such as between June and September for the US, the sun’s rays are at their greatest intensity, which causes the skin...
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Breakthroughs in Cancer Research: An Educational Event
How Saint John’s Is Changing Health Care A team of clinical and research experts came together on November 7th, 2023 to reveal new approaches that are paving the way to a better future for cancer...
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Metastatic Melanoma Thriver Talks Ongoing Treatment with Saint John’s...
Tanner Deason Returns To Discuss Life Alongside Ongoing Adjuvant Therapy Tanner Deason was diagnosed four years ago with Stage-4 melanoma including a single brain metastasis at the age of 31. Although...
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A Chanced Discovery of Stage 4 Melanoma with Brain Metastasis
Without Treatment Brain Tumor revealed Tanner Deason had about 6 months to live. Following a chance accident, Tanner Deason was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma and a single brain metastasis in...
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Experts in Urologic, Breast, Gynecologic and Mental Health discuss Women’s...
This Women’s Health Week Our Physicians took A Stroll Down the Beach Overlooking the Santa Monica coastline, four treating women physicians at Saint John’s Hospital and Cancer Institute chat at a...
View ArticleDr. Ora Gordon Spotlights the Promise of MCED – Multi-Cancer Early Detection
Identifying as many as 50 different types of cancer in a single blood test is quite remarkable. In our previous News post, Providence Offers Multi-cancer Early Detection (MCED) Testing, we learned the...
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What’s Next in Immunotherapy?
Principal Investigators at Saint John’s Cancer Institute, Kim Margolin, MD, and Przemyslaw Twardowski, MD, Discuss Immunotherapy Developments in Clinical Trials What is the Future of Immunotherapy?...
View ArticleA Long Legacy of Fellowship Trained Oncologic Surgeons
Saint John’s Cancer Institute’s 2024 Fellows Graduating Commencement Ceremony On July 18th, Saint John’s Cancer Institute’s graduating fellows of 2024 were celebrated at the home Elizabeth Gregory...
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