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                                    • Valley to Begin Phase One of South King County’s First Cancer Center

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                                      |Date: October 05, 2023
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                                      Valley to Begin Phase One of South King County’s First Cancer Center

                                      Valley to Begin Phase One of South King County’s First Cancer Center

                                      We are very excited to announce that the Facilities, Finance & Audit Committee of Valley’s Board of T ...

                                      We are very excited to announce that the Facilities, Finance & Audit Committee of Valley’s Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to amend the FY24 budget, increasing the capital budget by $10M f ...

                                      October 05, 2023
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                                    • Partners in HOPE: Valley Medical Center and Valley Girls & Guys United in Supporting Cancer Patients in South King County

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                                      |Date: July 14, 2023
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                                      Partners in HOPE: Valley Medical Center and Valley Girls & Guys United in Supporting Cancer Patients in South King County

                                      Partners in HOPE: Valley Medical Center and Valley Girls & Guys United in Supporting Cancer Patients in South King County

                                      For more than a decade, we have partnered with local non-profit Valley Girls & Guys in support of can ...

                                      For more than a decade, we have partnered with local non-profit Valley Girls & Guys in support of cancer care in our community. From raising awareness on the importance of screening mammograms and ...

                                      July 14, 2023
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                                    • Valley Girls & Guys Gifts $1.8 Million to Valley’s Future Cancer Center

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                                      |Date: June 06, 2023
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                                      Valley Girls & Guys Gifts $1.8 Million to Valley’s Future Cancer Center

                                      Valley Girls & Guys Gifts $1.8 Million to Valley’s Future Cancer Center

                                      THANK YOU doesn’t even begin to express our level of gratitude. On Thursday, June 1, our friends and part ...

                                      THANK YOU doesn’t even begin to express our level of gratitude. On Thursday, June 1, our friends and partners at Valley Girls & Guys unveiled a $1.8 MILLION donation toward our future Cancer ...

                                      June 06, 2023
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                                    • Valley Recognizes #WorldCancerDay, Feb. 4, 2021, with a Review of Our Cancer Program Successes

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                                      |Date: January 28, 2021
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                                      Valley Recognizes #WorldCancerDay, Feb. 4, 2021, with a Review of Our Cancer Program Successes

                                      Valley Recognizes #WorldCancerDay, Feb. 4, 2021, with a Review of Our Cancer Program Successes

                                      by Navanshu Arora, MD, Medical Director, Cancer Services Together, all our actions matter. As a UW Medici ...

                                      by Navanshu Arora, MD, Medical Director, Cancer Services Together, all our actions matter. As a UW Medicine-affiliated community hospital, we are very proud to be a Commission on Cancer (CoC) accredit ...

                                      January 28, 2021
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                                    • Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week: Sept. 29 – Oct. 5

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                                      |Date: September 27, 2019
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                                      Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week: Sept. 29 – Oct. 5

                                      Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week: Sept. 29 – Oct. 5

                                      Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer week was declared in 2010 to raise awareness about hereditary cancer ...

                                      Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer week was declared in 2010 to raise awareness about hereditary cancer. Hereditary cancer occurs when an individual has changes or mutations in a gene (for example,  ...

                                      September 27, 2019
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                                    • “Nothing is Impossible!” More than $700,000 Raised at Inaugural Be the Hope Walk

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                                      |Date: July 23, 2019
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                                      “Nothing is Impossible!” More than $700,000 Raised at Inaugural Be the Hope Walk

                                      “Nothing is Impossible!” More than $700,000 Raised at Inaugural Be the Hope Walk

                                      "Nothing is impossible" when an entire community blankets cancer patients and their loved ones with HOPE! ...

                                      "Nothing is impossible" when an entire community blankets cancer patients and their loved ones with HOPE! We walked, we cried, we celebrated, all joined by a common mission to #BeTheHopeXOXO Valley Gi ...

                                      July 23, 2019
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                                    • Cancer Services Team Offered an Array of Awareness and Screening Events in 2018

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                                      |Date: December 29, 2018
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                                      Cancer Services Team Offered an Array of Awareness and Screening Events in 2018

                                      Cancer Services Team Offered an Array of Awareness and Screening Events in 2018

                                      Valley Medical Center's Cancer Services department is an active community participant, providing educatio ...

                                      Valley Medical Center's Cancer Services department is an active community participant, providing education and screening events for healthy living throughout the hospital district. It’s been quite a y ...

                                      December 29, 2018
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                                    • Valley Girls & Guys Inaugural Be the Hope Walk is Benefitting Valley Medical Center’s Cancer Program

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: November 14, 2018
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                                      Valley Girls & Guys Inaugural Be the Hope Walk is Benefitting Valley Medical Center’s Cancer Program

                                      Valley Girls & Guys Inaugural Be the Hope Walk is Benefitting Valley Medical Center’s Cancer Program

                                      Last spring, Valley Girls & Guys presented Valley’s Board of Trustees with a $500,0000 check represen ...

                                      Last spring, Valley Girls & Guys presented Valley’s Board of Trustees with a $500,0000 check representing their commitment to donate $100,000 for five years to help equip Valley’s new Cancer Cente ...

                                      November 14, 2018
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                                    • Time for a Colonoscopy? Valley Makes it Easy for You to Get this Important Preventive Screening

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                                      |Date: November 13, 2018
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                                      Time for a Colonoscopy? Valley Makes it Easy for You to Get this Important Preventive Screening

                                      Time for a Colonoscopy? Valley Makes it Easy for You to Get this Important Preventive Screening

                                      A colonoscopy is a screening of the colon for cancer and is recommended for most people every 10 years st ...

                                      A colonoscopy is a screening of the colon for cancer and is recommended for most people every 10 years starting at age 50. While colon cancer is the third largest cancer killer, it can be prevented an ...

                                      November 13, 2018
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                                    • Who Should Consider High Risk Cancer Screening and Genetic Testing?

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: October 12, 2018
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                                      Who Should Consider High Risk Cancer Screening and Genetic Testing?

                                      Who Should Consider High Risk Cancer Screening and Genetic Testing?

                                      Only a fraction of women and men are aware that their family history of cancer increases their own risk f ...

                                      Only a fraction of women and men are aware that their family history of cancer increases their own risk for cancer. Even fewer realize high risk screening is available to help them prevent cancer or f ...

                                      October 12, 2018
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