There are 4 article(s) tagged Baptist Cancer Center:

• July 2024

  • Baptist testing AI algorithm with knack for detecting lung cancer

    With only one scan, an AI tool called Sybil predicts who will develop lung cancer five or six years down the road, with more than 90% accuracy. It’s important in the Mid-South, where the incidence of histoplasmosis spots on lungs is high.

    By Jane Roberts July 08, 2024

• July 2023

  • Concern grows as Memphis cancer centers face chemo drug shortages

    “Treatments are being skipped and delayed, doses are being reduced, treatment plans are being changed, and sequences of usual treatment are being altered,” said Dr. Sylvia Richey, chief medical officer at West Cancer Center & Research Institute. 

    By Aisling Mäki July 03, 2023

• June 2023

  • Hope grows for pancreatic cancer patients

    Pancreatic cancer affects Black Americans at a rate higher than that of any other population. 

    By Aisling Mäki June 25, 2023

• October 2018

  • Study shows for many women, chemo not needed for breast cancer

    Genomic testing can done based on a 21-gene profile to classify breast cancer patients into categories of low risk, intermediate risk or high risk. And based on that profile, doctors determine whether or not the patient would benefit from chemotherapy.

    By Elle Perry October 01, 2018