Allina News

[KARE-TV, July 27, 2011] Minnesota’s colon cancer rates have been decreasing about two percent over the past 10 years, says Tim Sielaff, MD, president of Allina’s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute. However, each year, 2,500 Minnesotans receive the diagnosis, and 750 to 800 people die from it. Recently, Dr. Sielaff talked about colon cancer, screening and treatment on KARE-TV’s [...]

[Minnesota Public Radio, June 29, 2011] Minnesota cancer patients are part of a national study to understand how cancer occurs. Genetic testing will shed light on the role of family history and cancer. Oncologist Thomas Amatruda, MD, of Allina’s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute and Minnesota Oncology, talks about a tissue banking program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital [...]

[Sun Newspapers, July 7, 2011] The public is invited to the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute – Unity Hospital for an artist reception on July 15, 2011. The reception will feature paintings by local artist Peggy Thompson (who paints under the name of Margaret Carroll). Read the article here. .

[Pioneer Press, June 30, 2011] Abbott Northwestern Hospital wants smokers to kick the habit while encouraging a new one: annual CT scans. The Minneapolis hospital said Wednesday that it is offering low-dose CT lung screening to current or former smokers ages 50 to 74 who have a significant history of smoking. The announcement was timed [...]

[WCCO-TV, March 2, 2011] For two well-known Minneapolis Star Tribune photographers, a picture is worth so much more than a thousand words. Liz Flores and David Joles, of Minneapolis, say it’s the only way to measure their love for their daughter during a time they found themselves in their toughest assignment yet. Their daughter, Gracie Joles, [...]

[West Central Tribune, January 10, 2011] Sometimes the patient is just looking for a quick word of reassurance. But at least a couple of times a day, the door of Mari Damhof’s office at the Willmar Regional Cancer Center is closed because someone needs to cry. Damhof is the nurse navigator at the Willmar Regional [...]

[Faribault Daily News, Nov. 17, 2010] Storming ahead amid hospital budget concerns, the new District One Hospital cancer center project is officially under way, slated for completion by early March. The new cancer center in Faribault, Minnesota, is a partnership between District One and Allina Hospitals & Clinics. It will be modeled after Allina’s Virginia [...]

[Allina Newsroom, November 3, 2010] Piper Breast Center at the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute – Abbott Northwestern has relocated to Suite 402 in the Piper Building, 913 E. 26th St. in Minneapolis. Piper Breast Center is the first in Minnesota to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers and is also a designated Breast [...]

[CTN, Oct. 15, 2010] A new medical building nearing completion on the Unity Hospital campus in Fridley, Minn. is nearing completion. Among other services, it will house the north metro’s first Virginia Piper Cancer Institute® for Allina. Watch the story below (advance video slider to just past halfway).

[North Metro TV, May 26, 2010] Mercy and Unity Hospitals recently received national recognition for their cancer programs. The program at Unity will be receiving a high boost in 2010 with the construction of a $14 million new Cancer Center. Dr. John Stoltenberg, who is serving as Unity’s interim president, says that at Unity, doctors [...]

[Minnesota Christian Chronicle, Mar. 10, 2010] Within two months of taking office last year, President Barack Obama lifted the ban on federal funding of new lines of embryonic stem cell research. It was a policy put in place in 2001 by former President George W. Bush. While the debate about the ethics of destroying an [...]

[Northland Press, Dec. 29, 2009] Riverwood Healthcare Center and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC) are pleased to announce their plans to provide cancer care services in affiliation with the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute(tm) (VPCI). VPCI is the comprehensive cancer care program of Allina Hospitals & Clinics based in Minneapolis and is strategically aligned with Minnesota [...]