Cancer Survivors Invited to “Ray of Hope” Unveiling at New Todd Cancer Pavilion, Long Beach Memorial June 3, 2013
	6th Annual Survivorship Celebration June 15, 2013
	Todd Cancer Pavilion Community Open House June 29, 2013
	14th Annual Team Spirit Breast & Ovarian Cancer 5K and 10K Walk October 5, 2013

Long Beach Memorial Receives Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscope

Long Beach Memorial is the first hospital in the Greater Long Beach area to offer patients the electromagnetic navigation bronchoscope (ENB)™. With the ENB, Long Beach Memorial is at the forefront of providing advanced technology for early detection of lung cancer and other lung diseases.

In 2009 as many as 219,000 men and women in the U.S. were diagnosed and 159,000 died as a result of cancer of the lung and bronchus. This disease is affecting a staggering number of the population with no sign that the increase will stop – with the increased use of filtered cigarettes, radon and secondhand smoke. Physicians and scientists continue to research and develop new detection methods for lung cancer and other lung diseases, which have resulted in advanced technology such as the electromagnetic navigation bronchoscope (ENB)™.

The ENB is a GPS-like technology that offers patients a minimally-invasive option to locate, biopsy and prepare to treat a lesion (spot) detected deep in the lung. This minimally invasive technology allows for biopsies of the lung that ordinarily would be beyond the reach of a conventional bronchoscope, therefore providing early and more reliable diagnoses of lung disease and lung cancer. This technology can detect disease before symptoms are evident. Through early detection, ENB often equates to greater treatment success, improved outcomes and survivability for patients.

Long Beach Memorial is committed to providing patients with this type of state-of-the-art technology. To assist in the purchase of the ENB, the Memorial Medical Care Center Foundation brought together community members and the Partnerships in Excellence group (local philanthropic businesses) to raise funds for the MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach Memorial.