There are 4 article(s) tagged Breast cancer:

• October 2019

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins with praise for consortium

    The MBCC formed in 2014 when the rate of African American women in Memphis dying from breast cancer was 2:1 with white women. 

    By Jane Roberts October 02, 2019

• May 2019

  • Susan G. Komen announces local breast cancer grant recipients

    Susan G. Komen Memphis-MidSouth Mississippi has awarded nearly $500,000 to local entities addressing the most critical breast cancer needs in the community. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 04, 2019

• April 2019

  • Baptist performs first intraoperative radiation treatment

    Baptist Memorial Health Care is offering a new breast cancer procedure that enables women to opt out of the weeks of radiation therapy following surgery. 

    By Michelle Corbet April 08, 2019

• 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