Jan 31, 2024 | Cancer Care, News, Women’s Health
While our team is focused on cervical health and cervical cancer prevention all year long, January is a time to raise awareness and help people take steps to reduce the risk of this preventable cancer. We at Resilience encourage all of you to educate yourselves and...
Oct 30, 2023 | Cancer Care, News, Women’s Health
October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the teams at West Suburban Medical Center, River Forest Medical Campus, and Weiss Memorial Hospital showed their support by wearing pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Day on October 13. The following day, the Weiss...
Jul 1, 2023 | Cancer Care, News
I was thirteen when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. A 13- hour operation was performed by dedicated physicians, surgeons and health professionals and my mother survived. At 29 my best friend was diagnosed with Non-Hodgins Lymphoma. Even with aggressive and...
Jan 31, 2023 | Cancer Care, News, Women’s Health
Cervical cancer was once the most common cause of cancer death for American women until the development and regular use of the Pap Smear. Now a standard cancer screening for all women, the test has led to a significant drop in the rates of cervical cancer and death...
Nov 3, 2022 | Cancer Care, News, Women’s Health
Team Weiss was proud to be among the thousands of walkers participating in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k Walk Oct. 15. The Weiss team consisted of employees, family and friends, including several oncology patients and survivors....
Oct 12, 2022 | Cancer Care, News, Women’s Health
According to the American Cancer Society, ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women and nearly 20,000 women will be diagnosed with the disease in 2022. In light of these alarming statistics and to educate women in our community about this silent and...