CONDITIONS
The best defense against disease is early detection
Summers Anti-Aging Center screens for thousands of medical conditions and diseases to give you piece of mind about your health.
39% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetime
Explore common conditions
Alzheimer’s Disease
15%
- Memory loss
- Cognitive decline
- Changes in behavior
- Whole-body MRI
- Blood test
- Neurological and functional assessment
- 40-65% of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's have the APOE-e4 gene
- Lifetime risk is roughly twice as high in women as in men
- Alzheiemer’s contributes to 60-70% of dementia cases
Summers uses several methods to support a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, including a whole-body MRI to image and blood test to image amyloid plaques in the brain and a blood test to measure levels of beta-amyloid, a protein that accumulates abnormally in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s.
Melanoma Skin Cancer
2.2%
2
- Stage I: 99%
- Stage IV: 32%
- All stages: 94%
- Changes in moles or skin lesions
- Itching or tenderness
- Bleeding or oozing
- Visual assessment
- AI skin cancer test
- First warning signs are usually visual; patients rarely exhibit symptoms
- Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer but can be effectively treated when detected early.
More than 90 percent of skin cancers are caused by sun exposure. Routine screening through our AI skin cancer test and visual assessment helps detect melanoma early before it has spread to distant parts of the body. Melanoma has an average 5 year survival of over 99 percent when caught in Stage I, demonstrating the importance of early detection.
Esophageal Cancer
1%
3
- Stage I: 47%
- Stage IV: 4%
- All stages: 21%
- Difficulty swallowing
- Weight loss
- Chronic heartburn or indigestion
- Whole-body MRI
- Endoscopy
- Sixth most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide
- Adults aged 45 to 64 experienced a 100% increase in esophageal cancer cases between 2012 and 2019.
Esophageal cancer is often considered a silent killer because it displays minimal symptoms until becoming advanced. The exact reason for the uptick in esophageal cancer is unknown, but higher rates of obesity, unhealthy diets, and chronic heartburn are likely factors. Endoscopy and MRI are both valuable tools in diagnosing esophageal cancer early.
Cervical Cancer
0.7%
1.5
- Stage I: 92%
- Stage IV: 16%
- All stages: 67%
- Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding
- Pelvic Pain
- Pain during sexual intercourse
- Pap smears
- HPV tests
- Whole-body MRI
- Preventable with HPV vaccination and regular screenings
- Persistent infection with high-risk HPV is the primary cause
- Pap smear and HPV tests starting at age 21
Even though a pap test is the gold standard for screening cervical cancer, a whole-body MRI can detect cervical cancer with high sensitivity and specificity. Routine screening for cervical cancer is important because patients typically experience no symptoms in the early stages.
Uterine Cancer
3%
1.5
- Stage I: 95%
- Stage IV: 17%
- All stages: 84%
- Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding
- Pelvic Pain
- Changes in Bladder or Bowel Habits
- Whole-body MRI
- Type 1 progresses slowly, whereas Type 2 grows quickly
- Sixth most common cancer in women globally
Type 1 endometrial (uterine) tumors account for around 80% of uterine cancers, which have a favorable prognosis because the cancer progresses slowly. Uterine cancer has a higher risk of infertility than other types of cancer, giving reason for early detection.
Ovarian Cancer
1%
2.5
- Stage I: 92%
- Stage IV: 29%
- All stages: 50%
- Bloating
- Pelvic or abdominal pain
- Changes in bladder habits
- Whole-body MRI
- Blood test
- Fifth leading cause of cancer death
- Can spread quickly within weeks or months
Most ovarian cancers develop after menopause, but there are currently no routine screening protocols for women. Ovarian cancer has a high Stage I survival rate of 92%, highlighting the importance of diagnosing the cancer early. A whole-body MRI can identify and track small ovarian cysts over time and monitor if they develop malignant features.
