Jaenell Ditsious, FNP-C with Coastal Cancer Center explains "Chemo Brain" We often hear from patients receiving chemotherapy that they have trouble with concentration, feel disorganized or have short term memory problems.
This month we focus our attention on cervical cancer awareness. Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common type of cancer among women worldwide with an estimated 12,000 diagnosed in the United States each year. “Half of the women diagnosed with the disease are between 35 and 55 years of age. It rarely affects women under age 20, and approximately 20 percent of diagnoses are made in women older than 65. For this reason, it is important for women to continue cervical cancer screening until at least the age of 70.”
Common symptoms of cervical cancer include:
These symptoms could also be signs of other health problems, not related to cervical cancer. If you experience any of the symptoms above, talk to a healthcare provider.
Source: http://www.nccc-online.org/index.php/cervicalcancer
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Coastal Cancer Center has been voted the best cancer center in the Myrtle Beach Herald Reader's Choice Awards for 2019. We have held that spot since 2014! Thanks to all of our patients who voted.
Please visit us tomorrow at the 38th Annual Grand Strand Health Fair at Coastal Grand Mall. We will be located approximately in front of PacSun. Just come through the entrance between Dillard's and Bed Bath & Beyond, turn right and find PacSun.
Get your tickets and join Wigs for Cancer for a night of fun, dinner, dancing, and giving to this great cause. Your donations make it possible a to give wigs to cancer patients - FREE OF CHARGE!
A native of Ukraine, she received her undergraduate degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and her medical degree from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, West Virginia.
Rebecca Heichel, PA-C, joined Coastal Cancer Center in 2018. Rebecca is licensed in South Carolina as a Physician Assistant and is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.