Smoking and prostate cancer from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. We know there are many reasons to quit smoking, but now new research provides one more, and men, it might surprise you. Cigarettes…they don’t just lead to yellow teeth and wrinkled skin. Much more...
Oral, head and neck cancer from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. A simple screening to help detect the cancers early is being offered in Southwest Oklahoma. This will be the third year the screenings are being offered at the Cancer Center of Southwest Oklahoma. The screening...
Brachytherapy from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. The Leah M. Fitch Cancer Center in Lawton now has a newer type of radiation therapy that will be used to treat certain types of cancer. Brachytherapy delivers focused radiation directly to the cancer tumor, and minimizes...
Colon cancer from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. March is colon cancer awareness month and the Cancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma are offering free screening kits. Colon cancer is a very common cancer in the United States with around 95,000 new cases diagnosed every year...
You can’t see, smell or taste radon gas, but the silent killer could be lurking in your home. Radon is actually the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. and causes more than 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...