Straight Talk with Dr. Kline: Cancer Screenings
Why is it important to show up for your routine cancer screenings? “Cancer screenings are highly effective for catching cancer early and allowing treatment, detection, and cure.” – Dr. Joshua Kline
You’re there for your kids, your parents, your friends — for every call, every milestone, every moment that matters.
For everyone you’d do anything for, get your routine cancer screenings.
Routine cancer screenings. They’re the most powerful tool we have in the fight against cancer. Most screenings are more comfortable than ever, many only take a few minutes, and all of them matter. Learn more today, so you can keep showing up for the ones you love.
Years before he became a professional football player, Alec Pierce learned what true toughness looks like. His mother’s heroic battle with breast cancer taught him the importance of early detection—and the power of showing up for your loved ones. Hear Pierce’s story in his own words, and learn how you can show up for your team.
A mammogram is the best way to detect breast cancer early. These screenings are simple, quick, noninvasive, and use low-dose digital imaging to safely create images of the breast tissue.
Regular screening tests, such as a Pap smear, almost always show abnormal cell changes before they turn into cancer, making early intervention possible.
Colorectal cancer usually does not show symptoms in early stages, making screenings the best way to prevent this type of cancer. During a colonoscopy, your physician can remove polyps so they don’t have the chance to grow and become cancerous.
Lung cancer screenings have been making big strides in the past several years. Parkview offers the SmartLungCT scan, a 15-minute screening that is noninvasive, painless, and uses low-dose X-rays to screen the lungs for cancer.
Most men do not experience prostate cancer symptoms, which can make it difficult to detect without a screening. Screening blood tests, such as the prostate-specific antigen (PSA), are important tools in the early detection of this cancer.
Discover additional information about these and other cancer screenings Parkview offers.
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With 15 Parkview hospitals across 22 counties in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, finding a facility that offers the screenings you need close to your home has never been easier. Parkview also offers numerous mobile and screening events throughout the year.
Parkview puts tremendous effort toward ensuring that cancer screenings are not only effective but also comfortable and safe. For example, many screenings use digital imaging or low-dose X-rays to significantly reduce radiation exposure.
Most cancer screenings result in normal findings, but if cancer is suspected, Parkview offers state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures and advanced screenings to effectively identify cancer faster than ever before.
Parkview Health has partnered with Helix, a leading precision healthcare company, to offer DNA Insights. DNA Insights is a program intended to help participants understand how their DNA impacts their health and aims to help improve access to more personalized healthcare while supporting new research discoveries for our community.
Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography is just one way Parkview makes healthcare accessible throughout our community. Designed for privacy, the motor coach is staffed with a radiologic technologist and has the same scanning mammography equipment found in our hospitals.
