Fast Action to Treat Allentown Educator with Cancer and Heart Condition

After suffering from severe back pain, Frank DiLeo, 43, feared he had a ruptured disc. Soon, the Allentown man learned something far more serious was the root of his pain, metastatic cancer. Even wors...

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Fighting Cancer and Ensuring a Legacy

Every three minutes, one person in the U.S. is diagnosed with a blood cancer, according to the National Foundation for Cancer Research. And every nine minutes, someone in the U.S. dies from it. Decad...

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Network Dermatologists Offer Skin-Saving Skin Cancer Treatment

St. Luke’s dermatologists offer skin-saving Mohs surgery, a precise and effective procedure, to treat skin cancer with a high risk of recurrence on the face and other sensitive areas. Fellowship-train...

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Lehighton Infusion Center Doubles Number of Treatment Chairs

The St. Luke’s Lehighton Infusion Center recently added chairs for a variety of patient treatments, increasing access to convenient, top-level care for area residents. The expansion doubles the numb...

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Mohamed Lareef, MD
St. Luke’s Surgical Oncologist’s Journey to Treat Breast Cancer Begins on Sri Lankan Mountaintop

Mohamed Lareef, MD, Serves on Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Team at St. Luke’s Monroe Campus Surgical oncologist Mohamed Lareef, MD was a young doctor in Sri Lanka when he found his vocational pass...

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Colorectal Screening Beginning at Age 45

St. Luke's gastroenterologists encourage routine colorectal cancer screening beginning at age 45 or even earlier if you have a close relative diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a young age. In May 2...

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SLUHN Cancer Center Earns National Pancreas Foundation Center Designation

St. Luke’s Cancer Center has been nationally recognized as an approved NPF Center by the National Pancreas Foundation. NPF Centers are awarded after a rigorous audit review to determine that an instit...

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Angels Took Care of Him at GSL as He Battled COVID

Scott Ludwig kept his promise to his daughter, Samantha, to walk her down the aisle at her wedding after he survived a near-fatal case of COVID at Geisinger St. Luke’s Campus last year. “I almost died...

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Young Cancer Survivor Inspires Others Through Social Media

Few 20-somethings truly understand what it's like to have cancer. So, when Savannah Buday of Easton was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 23, she turned to social media to connect with other yo...

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Johnson wearing the Paxman Cold Cap during her treatment at St. Luke’s Quakertown Campus
Cooling Cap Helps Young Woman Keep Her Hair During Cancer Treatment

Tiffany Johnson is the 26-year-old business owner behind Timbers Pub & Grill in the Poconos. Her life changed when she received her breast cancer diagnosis. Although upset, Johnson was determined...

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SLUHN Breaks Ground on Addition to Upper Bucks Campus

St. Luke’s will double the size of its Upper Bucks Campus hospital in two years with the completion of a three-story tower to meet the growing demand for its medical services in the Bucks and Montgome...

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5K in Easton to Benefit Blood Cancer Patients

St. Luke’s Sports Medicine is pleased to sponsor the LLS/Team Decker 5K Walk/Run & Tricky Tray to benefit the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The event will start at 9 ...

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First in PA to Offer GammaTile Therapy for Brain Tumors

Just after St. Luke’s Neurosurgeon Evan Marlin, MD, surgically removed his patient’s brain tumor earlier this month, he made Pennsylvania medical history by placing five small collagen sponges, embedd...

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St. Luke’s Cancer Center Offers Innovative SpaceOAR Hydrogel for Prostate Cancer Patients

SpaceOAR Hydrogel is clinically shown to help reduce risk of side effects after radiation treatment. St. Luke’s Cancer Center announced it has added a pre-treatment option, SpaceOAR™ Hydrogel – the f...

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ColonCancerScreening
Have You Been Screened For Colon Cancer?

Make an Appointment Many people experience little to no symptoms of colon cancer, making screening a very important part of early detection. If you are age 50 or above, it’s time to get serious abou...

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The Nurse Navigator Experience

.article-container .article .img {display:none !important;} Kim was shocked by a colon cancer diagnosis. With the help of St. Luke’s nurse navigator, Heather Reph, Kim felt supported and cared ...

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Harrison
Meet Meredith Harrison, MD, Thoracic Surgeon

Dr. Harrison specializes in minimally invasive thoracic surgery, both thoracoscopic and robotic, focusing specifically on diseases of the lung, chest and digestive system. She has a special interest ...

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Manchester
Meet Dustin Manchester, MD, Thoracic Surgeon

Dr. Manchester specializes in robotic surgery of the lung, chest and digestive system. During his fellowship training in thoracic surgery, he completed an advanced robotic surgical fellowship learnin...

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