News & Breakthroughs at Siteman

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Finding comfort again: gentle vaginal dryness moisturizers after cancer 

September 18, 2025

If you’re facing vaginal dryness, painful sex or low libido after cancer treatment, please know this: you’re not alone and there is help. Many women treated with chemotherapy, radiation, or hormone therapy (like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors) experience changes that make intimacy uncomfortable and painful, and understandably lower interest in sex, too. There are many […]

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‘This is Cancer’ Season 4: New stories of hope and perseverance

April 2, 2025

Siteman launches a new season of the award-winning podcast ​Morgan hadn’t reached her 45th birthday, so she hadn’t received a screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer. But when she noticed unusual signs at age 41, she did exactly what she should have and sought medical evaluation. Months of missteps turned into years of dismissive care, so […]

Educational, Patient & Donor Stories

“This is Cancer” Podcast Explains New Brain Tumor Treatments

October 30, 2024

Educational, Patient Resource

Is a Nerve-Sparing Prostatectomy the Best Surgery for My Prostate Cancer?

November 30, 2023

No one ever wants to hear that they have cancer. The word brings many fears and questions to mind. Yet, when a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, there are many treatment options available to him, treatments that expand beyond prostatectomy, a surgery performed on the prostate. Is prostate cancer common? Each year more than […]