Cancer Screenings - Sanford Health News

Safe, convenient mammograms: Tour a mobile screening unit

Sanford Health continues to offer mammograms-on-the-go to many rural areas

Simon Floss ⋅ 4 min read

A mammography machine and breast image on a screen in a breast cancer screening room.

Mammography: Answers to common questions

Katie Wright ⋅ 4 min read

Mammogram detects breast cancer during pandemic

Jon Berg ⋅ 5 min read

Inanovate-David Ure

Cancer test invention spurs business spinoff in Sioux Falls

Jacqueline Palfy ⋅ 14 min read

A Sanford Health patient checks in at the front desk with a nurse in PPE.

Preventive health screenings you should not postpone

Mick Garry ⋅ 8 min read

Dr. Andrea Kaster talks with a patient in an exam room

Podcast: Determining your breast cancer risk factor

22 min ⋅ September 28th

Know your risk and get your annual mammogram to detect cancer early

Dr. Christina Tello-Skjerseth

Introducing ‘One in Eight’ podcast: The mammogram

40 min ⋅ September 28th

The annual screening can save lives in women over 40

A Sanford patient and a teammate smile and put their arms around each other's shoulders at a baseball game.

Colonoscopy becomes lifesaver for baseball player, publisher

Billy McMacken survives stage 3 colorectal cancer with radiation, chemo, surgery

Mick Garry ⋅ 17 min read

Dr. Preston Steen meets with an older female patient in a chemotherapy room.

Grant gives Sanford access to national cancer trials

Close to home, patients can join clinical trials trying to improve cancer care

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 11 min read

Mammography continues during the covid pandemic. Close up of pink ribbon badge on woman's chest to support breast cancer cause.

Breast cancer severity goes down with mammography screening

It's important to keep your screenings on schedule, even during pandemic

Courtney Collen ⋅ 5 min read

cancer survivor Megan McManus applies sunscreen to her arm

Melanoma survivor who had cancer at age 15: Save your skin

Heading out after staying in? Don't forget the sunblock

SHN Staff ⋅ 11 min read

Breast cancer survivor Jessica Arend sits with her husband and three sons in their backyard.

‘I never thought breast cancer would hit me’

Breast cancer survivor shares how she put breast cancer in rearview mirror

Jessica Arend ⋅ 6 min read

3D mammography nurse technician patient

5 reasons to get a 3D mammogram

3D mammograms can provide earlier detection, fewer additional tests and reduced anxiety

Keeley Meier ⋅ 6 min read

cancer deaths decline: nurse talks with patient in scarf

Cancer deaths are on the decline in U.S., study says

Sanford Health screenings are key part of early detection

SHN Staff ⋅ 8 min read

Pamela Harskamp wears a surgical mask while a Sanford oncology nurse leans over her in an exam room.

Cancer survivor shares importance of 3D mammography

Pamela Harskamp wants to use her experience with breast cancer to help others

Ashley Schwab ⋅ 6 min read

Denise Kaeslin, a breast cancer survivor and supporter of Sanford Health's survivorship program, stands in front of a cornfield ready to be harvested.

Taking cancer survivorship care to the next level, for all

Inclusive care for cancer survivors is part of $1.8 million CDC grant

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 14 min read

dense breast tissue: woman getting a mammogram

What you need to know about dense breast tissue

Breast density is the ratio of fat to tissue and glands on a mammogram

SHN Staff ⋅ 5 min read

5 reasons to get a 3D mammogram

Keeley Meier ⋅ 6 min read

Cancer survivor shares importance of 3D mammography

Ashley Schwab ⋅ 6 min read

Mammography: Answers to common questions

Katie Wright ⋅ 4 min read

Cancer deaths are on the decline in U.S., study says

SHN Staff ⋅ 8 min read

‘I never thought breast cancer would hit me’

Jessica Arend ⋅ 6 min read