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Colorectal Cancer: Symptoms, Screening & Treatment
Colorectal Cancer: Symptoms, Screening & Treatment
Posted: Mar 11, 2025

Colorectal Cancer: Symptoms, Screening & Treatment

With Colorectal Surgeon Sam Agarwal, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Excluding skin cancer, colorectal cancer is the third most prevalent cancer for both men and women in America. And according to recent studies, it’s a disease affecting more and more young people. However, a concerning characteristic of colorectal cancer is its ability to appear without symptoms at all. Learn more and stay on top of screenings.

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Could Your Diet Be Linked To Cancer?
Could Your Diet Be Linked To Cancer?
Posted: Jun 18, 2024

Could Your Diet Be Linked To Cancer?

Study observes possible link between ultra-processed foods and increased risk of cancer.

Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods may be linked to an increased risk of not only developing cancer but succumbing to it. Sarasota Memorial Clinical Dietitian Laura McLeroy, RD, LD, weighs in on the growing evidence that ultra-processed foods are overall negatively impacting health.

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Explaining the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Models
Explaining the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Models
Posted: May 21, 2024

Explaining the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Models

How online tools can play a role in maintaining breast health

With a quick series of questions, these online models can help determine a woman’s breast cancer risk. But how reliable are they and what role do they play? Sarasota Memorial’s genetic counselors weigh in.

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Treating the Whole Patient with Integrative Care Services
Treating the Whole Patient with Integrative Care Services
Posted: Apr 9, 2024

Treating the Whole Patient with Integrative Care Services

Complementary therapies and assistance are just a simple ask away.

Nausea, pain, insomnia, and anxiety can all be distressing side effects of necessary medical care. That’s why Sarasota Memorial’s Integrative Care Program provides a wide-ranging array of complementary therapies and tools to promote comfort and help patients manage these side effects during their hospital stay.

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What the Ion Endoluminal System Means for Lung Cancer Screening
What the Ion Endoluminal System Means for Lung Cancer Screening
Posted: Jan 9, 2024

What the Ion Endoluminal System Means for Lung Cancer Screening

With Pulmonologist Omar Sheriff, MD

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the entire world. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the hardest cancers to diagnose. But with the Ion endoluminal system, physicians at Sarasota Memorial are setting the new gold standard

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