CITY OF HOPE ORANGE COUNTY ’ S PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION PROGRAM TRANSFORMS APPROACH TO CANCER CARE
Cristian Tomasetti , Ph . D .
About 1.9 million new cancer cases were diagnosed in the United
States in 2022 — and 38 % of all cancers can be prevented .
The best way to treat cancer is to prevent it in the first place . City of Hope Orange County is making groundbreaking strides in cancer prevention and early detection that are changing the understanding of the highly complex disease .
Internationally renowned researcher Cristian Tomasetti , Ph . D ., Director of the Center for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection at City of Hope , has made prevention and early detection his life ’ s work .
Patients at City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center — Orange County ’ s most advanced comprehensive cancer center — have access to programs that identify people and families with elevated risk using genetic risk assessments , biomarker panels and environmental surveys to help manage that risk .
The cancer center also offers screenings using the most sophisticated imaging technologies available , including mammography , colonoscopy , and lung cancer screenings to find cancer early , when it is easily curable .
About 38 % of all cancers can be prevented . Tomasetti is leading the effort for the early detection of cancer through a simple blood test . His lab has led the effort to develop new technologies and algorithms for the early detection of cancer using machine learning , statistical analysis , and novel sequencing methods .
What does this mean for you ? Our experts can offer the best possible early cancer detection and give you an accurate and actionable evaluation of your cancer risk .
“ You can think of cancer as a mathematical model ,” Tomasetti said . “ The better we understand that model , the better we understand cancer and the better we can fight it .”
Patients at City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center receive fully integrated , multidisciplinary cancer care — from prevention through survivorship — in one convenient location where every staff member is solely focused on treating and curing cancer .
For more information , visit CityofHope . org / OC . To make an appointment at any of our five Orange County locations , call 888-333-HOPE ( 4673 ).
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