Tag: our fight against cancer

Support Key To The Cure by Shopping at Saks_Video

Watch as Julie and Adrienne from St.Vincent shop like champs at Saks Fifth Avenue, raising big money for women’s cancer care during the Key To The Cure Shopping Weekend Oct. 21-24, when 2% of all of sales went directly to the St.Vincent Foundation.

Answering Your Questions About Cancer: St.Vincent Women’s Health Seminar_Video

At St.Vincent Cancer Care, we believe the best answers come straight from the health care providers who devote their lives to cancer education, research and care. Furthermore, we believe that everyone has a right to these answers. It’s why we host free health seminars, where people are given an opportunity to interact directly with our health care professionals.

Get smart. Get screened for prostate cancer_Video

September is prostate cancer awareness month — and as the second-leading cause of death among American men, it’s a disease that warrants your full attention.

Prostate cancer is often treatable when caught early. It’s why St.Vincent Cancer Care works hand in hand with agencies like Little Red Door in Indianapolis to offer free prostate screenings to the community.

Learn why it’s so important to get screened starting at age 50 (or, if your father or brother has had prostate cancer, at age 40).

Combating colorectal cancer: It all starts with a screening_Video

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. As it draws to a close, we turn our attention to a word that many dread hearing: colonoscopy.

In the world of preventative cancer care, colonoscopies have gotten somewhat of a bad reputation. As a result, many people avoid getting one for as long as possible. Not a good idea, according to St.Vincent associates and gastroenterologists Bill Erdel and Spencer Wilson. In a recent video interview, the doctors stressed that a colonoscopy is still far and away the most effective way to detect colorecectal cancer early, before it has spread to other parts of the body. And contrary to what many people believe, the procedure is relatively quick, and often conducted while the patient is sedated.

2011 Key to the Cure: A Recap_Video

On October 15, 2011, the St.Vincent Foundation and Saks Fifth Avenue hosted the fifth annual Key To The Cure event.

Part of a nationwide Saks Fifth Avenue fundraising initiative to raise funds for cancer treatment and research, proceeds from the event benefit St.Vincent Cancer Care. This year, Jennifer Hudson served as the 2011 national Key to the Cure ambassador, while Elie Tahari designed the limited edition t-shirt.

Key to the cure has been called “one of the city’s fanciest fashion parties,” by the Indianapolis Star, and it certainly was a swanky affair this year, with models strutting their stuff down a catwalk elevated above dinner tables. However, what made the event truly special is how it honored cancer survivors.

Traci Runge: Woman of Hope_Video

This year, St.Vincent has launched a new initiative called Women of Hope. The idea behind it is simple: Ordinary people rallying behind the fight against cancer, raising money, hope and awareness, all to support cancer patients and families through survivor initiatives and programs.

Traci Runge is a shining example of the kind of person Women of Hope exists to support. A mother of three, Traci was diagnosed with triple-positive invasive breast cancer last April. She was treated at St.Vincent Cancer Care, finished chemotherapy last month, and is now participating in the survivorship programs Women of Hope helps fund. Traci also had the support of a patient navigator throughout her treatment at St.Vincent — another program supported by Women of Hope.

Jennifer Humphrey: A Woman of Hope

Already a mother of a young son, Jennifer Humphrey was hoping to become pregnant with a second child when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Desperate to be seen by a gynecological oncologist, she called various offices throughout the Indianapolis area before finally being seen by Dr. Olive Soriero (now retired) at St.Vincent.

Within a week, Jennifer began treatment under the care of the St.Vincent Cancer Care team. Today, she is cancer-free, and an ardent advocate for other cervical cancer survivors — a true Woman of Hope.

The Power of Two: Dual-robotic Surgery at St.Vincent Cancer Care_Video

The da Vinci robotic surgical system has become an increasingly popular tool in operating rooms across America. But no other Indiana hospital uses it the way we do at St.Vincent Cancer Care.

Here, two surgeons operate the robot simultaneously, giving patients the power of two surgeons during a single operation. St.Vincent oncology surgeons Hubert Fornalik and Gregory Sutton use the da Vinci robot to perform a hysterectomy at St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital. Watch and learn how dual-robotic surgery works — and how it helps patients recover faster.