A Partnership for Life (4pg)

Working Together Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer

It happened more than 1.6 million times in 2014. Someone in America was diagnosed with cancer.
We want to be your partner in the fight against cancer. We provide the tools and the technology, the expertise and the experience to diagnosis cancer early. We also provide a full range of cancer-treatment services close to home, where friends and family can provide much needed support. And we encourage you to have regular cancer screenings and make changes in your lifestyle that reduce your risk of cancer. Together, we can take the fight to this disease and save lives.

Here’s what you can do.
Did you know that 90 to 95 percent of cancers have their roots in either the environment or a person’s lifestyle, not heredity? That means we all have more control over cancer than we think.
For example, up to 30 percent of cancer deaths are due to smoking and up to 35 percent are linked to diet. So if someone stops smoking and starts eating a healthy diet by avoiding fried foods and red meat and eating more fruits, vegetables and grains, he or she can dramatically decrease their risk of cancer. It all comes down to four simple words—“Take care of yourself.” Start exercising on a regular basis. Keep a healthy weight. Most important of all, perhaps, is to see your doctor at least once a year and talk about the cancer screenings you need to have. So do yourself a favor. Take control of your life. You really do have the power to reduce your risk of cancer.

Here’s what we can do together.
Cancer is easier to treat and cure if it’s diagnosed early before it has spread. Regular cancer screenings can even detect the disease before symptoms appear. That’s the reason it’s so important to have an annual checkup with your primary care physician and discuss what cancer screenings are right for you.

At Main Street Hospital, we provide a full range of diagnostic technology used to detect cancer, including MRI, CT scan, x-ray, digital mammography, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidscopy, fecal occult blood test, pap test.
If the findings from the cancer screening are unclear or show possible signs of cancer, a biopsy is often performed. Lab tests may also be used to analyze blood or urine for any signs that may indicate cancer.

Here’s what we’re doing.
If cancer is diagnosed, the following cancer-treatment services are available at Main Street Hospital:
Surgery: Most people with cancer will have some kind of surgery, either to remove the cancer to determine how far the cancer may have spread. In many cases, surgeons today can use less invasive techniques that save as much normal tissue as possible. Surgery is usually followed by radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of the two.
Radiation Therapy: One of the most common treatments for cancer, radiation therapy involves the use of high-energy waves, such as X-rays to damage or destroy cancer cells.
Chemotherapy: Unlike radiation therapy, which pinpoints a specific part of the body, the drugs used in chemotherapy travel throughout the body to damage and destroy fast-growing cancer cells wherever they are found. Our chemotherapy specialists
develop a targeted therapy plan to max-imize the effectiveness of the treatment.