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If You Could Save Lives... Would You?
You have the power to help save lives by participating in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). We are inviting men and women, 30 - 65 years of age, who have never been diagnosed with cancer to join this historic study. The purpose of CPS-3 is to better understand factors that cause or prevent cancer and to ultimately eliminate cancer as a major health problem for this and future generations.
Participation is easy, involving only two steps.
1. Enroll at one of the local events below*. Participants are encouraged to register at: www.seeuthere.com/cps3enroll/mercycancercenter
2. Fill out mailed surveys at home every few years to update your information.
* Read and sign an informed consent form, complete a brief written survey, provide a wait circumference measurement and a small blood sample, taken by a certified, trained phlebotomist.
6/19/12 - MERCY MEDICAL CENTER
1320 Mercy Drive, NW, Canton (Use Cancer Center, 12th St. entrance)
(8 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.)
6/20/12 - MERCY HEALTH CENTER OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY
1031 West High Avenue, New Philadelphia
(2 p.m. - 6 p.m.)
6/21/12 - MERCY HEALTH CENTER OF CARROLL COUNTY
125 Canton Road, Carrollton
(2 p.m. - 6 p.m.)
6/22/12 - MERCY HEALTH CENTER OF JACKSON
7337 Caritas Circle, NW, Massillon
(9 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
These events are sponsored by the American Cancer Society and supported by Mercy Cancer Center, a leader in cancer care in our community.
For more information:
Web: www.cancer.org/cps3 email: cps3@cancer.org Toll-free: 1-888-604-5888
(See full press release)
An Impressive List Of "Firsts"
WORLD'S FIRST:
Angioplasty in an emergency department
NATION'S FIRST:
Accredited Chest Pain Center
Cardiac catheterization in a community hospital
ER use of cardiopulmonary bypass to resuscitate victims of heart attack
Transseptal valvuloplasty on a mitral valve with surgically implanted Carpentier ring
OHIO'S FIRST:
Drug-eluting stent angioplasty
Minimally invasive coronary bypass performed
Biventricular Internal Cardiac Defibrillator Implant
Accredited Heart Failure Institute
STARK'S FIRST:
Chest Pain Center certified for angioplasty 24/7
Transseptal mitral valvuloplasty
Intracoronary ultrasound
Percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty
Unprotected left main coronary stent
Radial stent coronary angioplasty
Akron/Canton's first gamma brachytherapy
Accredited Cardiac Rehab Program
Mercy Medical Center Cardiovascular Milestones:
A History of Pioneering Excellence in Heart Care (click to view)
Mercy Heart Center commits the very finest medical resources to caring for its heart patients. Doctors and healthcare teams are leaders in cardiovascular treatment, distinguished not only by their skill, experience and knowledge, but by their excellent track record in helping patients return to active and productive lives.
Mercy has helped pioneer some of the nation’s most innovative heart procedures and was the first hospital in Northeast Ohio to perform Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, a “closed-chest” procedure, which postpones or eliminates the need for open-heart surgery.
Mercy Heart Center medical staff performed this area’s first hybrid revascularization, which combines the da Vinci© robotic single-vessel small thoracotomy (SVST) procedure with angioplasty.
Mercy Emergency Chest Pain Center (ECPC) became America’s first chest pain center to become fully accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The ECPC is home to a Cardiac Catheterization Lab within Mercy’s Emergency Department, where a Mercy cardiologist was the first in the world to perform an angioplasty inside an emergency department. Studies show that angioplasty, performed within 90 minutes of arrival to the emergency department, is the best way to save the life of a patient experiencing a heart attack. With the area’s only emergency department cath lab, Mercy has the capabilities to dramatically reduce the time between heart attack and lifesaving angioplasty.
Try our Heart Attack Risk Calculator and, if you have any questions, please contact us at HeartCenter@CantonMercy.org.
Mercy Heart Center on the Air
Tony Joseph, M.D., President, The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium was featured on the Ron Ponder Show - News-Talk 1480 WHBC (February 2012) - Click Here to Listen
2011 - Mercy Heart Center reaccredited as a Heart Failure Institute by the Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium.
