Heart & Vascular News

Cancer got personal on April 26 at The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital's annual illumination gala. More than 500 guests at The Ritz-Carlton raised a record-setting $2.1 million for cancer research at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

A 33-year-old man from Leasburg, Mo., is the first patient to receive a revolutionary form of highly accurate radiation treatment from the world’s first proton system of its kind. The treatment was administered today at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

A new recommendation issued today by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force against routine PSA testing for healthy men age 50 and older goes too far, says a prostate cancer expert at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine and NewsChannel 5 are partnering with the St. Louis Rams for a combined team at the 2012 Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure®.

The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine is a winner of a Community Impact Project grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s LIVESTRONG program. Funding will support the Pillars4Life patient support program.