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Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
SCCA Cancer News Watch
Hutchinson Center Researchers Find Women with Migraines Less Likely to Get Breast Cancer
Seattle PI, 7/9/09
Women diagnosed with migraine headaches have a lower risk of developing breast cancer. That's the finding of a new study led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researcher Dr. Christopher Li.
Blacks With Equal Care Still More Likely to Die of Some Cancers
Washington Post, 7/8/09
African Americans are less likely than whites to survive breast, prostate and ovarian cancer even when they receive equal treatment, according to a large study that offers provocative evidence that biological factors play a role in at least some racial disparities.
In Health Reform, a Cancer Offers an Acid Test
The New York Times, 7/7/09
It’s become popular to pick your own personal litmus test for health care reform... My litmus test is different. It’s the prostate cancer test.
Spotlights
King TV Evening Magazine features Matt Fioretti and his battle with aplastic anemia. Fioretti was treated and cured at SCCA where he received a bone marrow transplant in 2005. Watch now
Seattle news anchor and consumer reporter Bill Wixey was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He's been bravely blogging about his treatment here at SCCA. Follow Bill's Journey.
Hodgkin's Lymphoma patient Pamela Clark was recently featured in a KING TV Evening Magazine story. Clark was treated and cured at SCCA where she received a bone marrow transplant in 2004. Watch now
SCCA in the Media
Swim Across America - Seattle
09-12-09 Registration is now open for the inaugural Swim Across America Seattle benefitting the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Overlake Joins Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Affiliate Network
06-17-09 Overlake Hospital Medical Center has joined the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) Network to become the first major medical center in the Seattle area, and the eighth community healthcare facility in Washington and Alaska to enter into an affiliation agreement with the Alliance.
Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer
05-19-09 Please join us for the Cancer m Survivorship Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer, Part 2- The Importance of Nutrition and Physical Activity.
Map & Directions
Driving directions to SCCA on South Lake Union.
Driving directions to SCCA on South Lake Union.
