About 14 thousand women were diagnosed with cervical cancer last year, and the majority of those women were between 35 and 44 years old, according to the American Cancer Society’s latest statistics . Nearly 4,500 women die from the disease annually, but so many of those deaths are preventable. “There is a vaccine against HPV (Human Papillomavirus), which is the leading cause of cervical cancer,” said Gynecological Surgical Oncologist Dr. Benjamin Mize . The HPV vaccine is recommended f...
For five years, Monica Peters had abnormal pap smears, but she did not have cancer. That was until she got biopsy results back in May 2023. “Just getting that phone call was pretty detrimental and scary,” Monica said. “I remember feeling like I couldn’t function with the diagnosis.” Monica, the mother of three young girls, had no choice but to face cervical cancer head-on. Her gynecologist referred her to Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint Gynecological Oncologist Dr. Benjamin Mize. “Dr. M...
When Cheryl Webber first noticed a lump in her lower abdomen, she didn’t think much of it. “I could see it when I laid on my back, and I could feel it when I laid on my stomach,” Cheryl said. “I didn’t say anything about it to anybody for a couple of months. I thought maybe I was starting to get a pot belly.” By the time the lump was about the size of a baked potato, Cheryl had an appointment with her nurse practitioner, Angie, who was immediately alarmed. “She sent me for a CT scan that afternoon...