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Patient credits experts in sports-medicine, cancer for quick diagnosis and treatment

Local man stresses there is no need to travel a distance for cancer treatment when you can find what you need close to home at Carle Cancer Institute in Urbana.

Thyroid cancer patients find added expertise from newly formed tumor board

Carle is one of the few healthcare systems in the state with a thyroid cancer tumor board. Clinicians who come to the table monthly to share their expertise affecting various aspects of each patient’s health will elevate the level of care.

Early Warnings: Harnessing machine learning insights to improve endometrial cancer diagnosis

Carle Cancer Institute Urbana physician teams with Carle Illinois College of Medicine student to leverage technology that alerts doctors of patients with increased risk of endometrial cancer.

Ways everyone can lower their cancer risk

Lifestyle changes you can make now to lower your risk of developing many types of cancers.

A Simple Drive Provides Critical Support That Can Saves Lives

A volunteer with the American Cancer Society received a first-of-its-kind recognition for driving patients to and from Carle Cancer Institute Urbana.

World-class procedure at Methodist helps detect lung cancer early

ION Robotic Assisted Bronchoscopy is an innovative procedure that Carle Health Methodist Hospital uses to detect lung cancer when it's at an early, treatable stage. Methodist is the only hospital in the Peoria/ Pekin market to offer ION.

Biker event results in philanthropic donation to Carle Cancer Institute Urbana

Breast cancer patients to benefit from funds raised through annual biker event.

Is it cancer or not? Clinic in Peoria provides quick results and supportive treatment

Team provides wraparound support, calm to patients referred to this Greater Peoria clinic by their primary care doctors.

Sun Safety: Preventing Skin Cancer Exposure

As the summer heat continues, with some parts of the world breaking record temperatures, experts at Carle Health are reminding everyone to continue practicing sun safety.

Pekin now offers FDA-Approved Automated Breast Ultrasound System (ABUS)

Carle Health continues its effort to provide high-quality breast care by now offering the InveniaTM ABUS 2.0 (Automated Breast Ultrasound System) at the Women’s Diagnostic Center in Pekin.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy healed patient’s wound and touched his heart

A complex wound-healing situation brought Norman Jones to the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine at Carle BroMenn Medical Center but what he left with was not just healing, but a new extended family.

Sensitivity, safety, strengthening at the center of exercise program for cancer survivors

Cancer survivors can gently ease into exercise through a 10-week program.

Check your expectations at the door when it comes to colorectal cancer

The rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer makes it important for all adults to have a conversation with their doctor if they experience symptoms that may be consistent with colorectal cancer. The earlier colorectal cancer is detected, the easier it is to treat.

From awareness to action: Vaccination, early detection and treatment saves lives

Knowledge is power when it comes to your health. If you have a cervix, here are three things you need to know about cervical cancer that can potentially save your life, a family member’s life, a friend’s life or someone else you know.

Covered in love and gratitude

A family finds strength in making blankets for chemotherapy patients after the passing of their father 20 years ago.

Innovative cancer treatment used to help grandmother quickly, successfully

Pinpoint stereotactic radiation therapy at Carle Cancer Institute Urbana provides cutting-edge treatment for lung cancer with spread to the brain.

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