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Dr. Tim Pluard, medical director of Saint Luke’s Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer and of Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, talks about innovative treatment options for breast cancer and clinical trials offered at Saint Luke’s.

Recent advances in breast cancer treatment are showing promise for those with advanced cancer to live longer, better quality lives.

People born in 1990 are twice as likely as those born in 1950 to develop colon cancer. During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Marc Roth, Medical Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Saint Luke’s, joins Health News You Can Use to discuss why the disease is increasingly diagnosed in younger Americans.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, aside from skin cancers. Treatment like radiation and chemotherapy can take a toll on the body, causing side effects such as fatigue, hair loss, and nausea.

We’re talking about how younger women and men can monitor for breast cancer and recent updates in screening guidelines.

KSHB talked to Dr. Tim Pluard about how research is advancing treatment and leading to improved outcomes for Brooke and other women with metastatic breast cancer.

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Our 100,000-square-foot facility places the region’s most comprehensive suite of specialized neurorobotic devices in the hands of some of the area’s most experienced, expertly trained rehabilitative specialists.

Dr. Sanjaya Gupta spoke to KSHB about pulsed field ablation, as well as the second Saint Luke's patient to undergo this innovative new procedure to treat AFib.