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2026
March
10,
2026
| 11:33 AM America/Chicago
One study associates hot drinks with an increased risk of esophageal cancer. Should coffee and tea drinkers take notice?
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February
04,
2026
| 06:57 AM America/Chicago
The OSF cancer center in Danville, Illinois, is now offering low-dose radiotherapy to treat osteoarthritis and other inflammatory and degenerative conditions of the tendons, joints and soft tissues.
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January
26,
2026
| 10:30 AM America/Chicago
Though not one of the most common cancers, experts have seen liver cancer cases rise in recent years. Luckily, treatment has evolved, too. 
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2025
October
13,
2025
| 09:53 AM America/Chicago
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Though rare, breast cancer can impact men. So it's important to know the signs and how prevention and treatment differ from women.
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August
25,
2025
| 10:30 AM America/Chicago
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. It's a reminder that the disease is manageable when caught early.
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February
11,
2025
| 08:00 AM America/Chicago
A long-married couple who’s fighting cancer at OSF HealthCare in Alton, Illinois, is proof of how having a support system helps.
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2024
March
27,
2024
| 10:15 AM America/Chicago
April is esophageal cancer awareness month.  Screening isn’t common for this cancer, so experts say it’s important to watch for symptoms, which can mimic heartburn.
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February
23,
2024
| 08:00 AM America/Chicago
Anal and rectal cancer occur in parts of the body near each other, and they both have prevention steps and time-tested treatments.
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February
09,
2024
| 14:22 PM America/Chicago
James McGee, MD, has been appointed the founding director of the OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute. Dr. McGee will serve as a clinical leader in the development and implementation of research, innovation, clinical and academic initiatives at the
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2022
December
15,
2022
| 09:25 AM America/Chicago
For patients at the OSF Bobette Steely Hegeler Cancer Care Center in Danville, Illinois, visits will soon be more comfortable and streamlined thanks to $750,000 worth of interior renovations.
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May
02,
2022
| 08:14 AM America/Chicago
From chemotherapy to radiation therapy, cancer care is complex, and technology and science are constantly trying to keep up to make things easier for the patient.At the OSF Bobette Steely Hegeler Cancer Care Center in Danville, Illinois, top-of-the
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April
11,
2022
| 13:57 PM America/Chicago
Like many of us, Kelli Ballard, a Washington, Illinois, school administrator was hoping after a tumultuous 2020, that 2021 would be a better year. It didn’t quite turn out that way. In January  of last year, just as the new school semester was
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March
22,
2022
| 08:12 AM America/Chicago
Patients of OSF Bobette Steely Hegeler Cancer Care Center at OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville now have access to quicker and more precise radiation treatment.After a months-long process to get the technology installed, the
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