Sista Strut recognizes community members and breast-cancer survivors
While walking to raise awareness for breast-cancer rates in Black women, Sista Strut recognized Danita Brown for her work in the community.
Topic: breast cancer
RSSThere are 8 article(s) tagged breast cancer:
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April 2024
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October 2023
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Mammograms on the beach: New tech aims to ease women’s anxiety
Baptist Medical Group Clinic is now using the power of sight, sound and even smell to help patients feel less tense during their mammograms.
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June 2023
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Renovated Methodist center is a ‘one-stop-shop for breast cancer patients’
The 18,000-square-foot center’s redesign — its first since its inception 20 years ago — focuses on patient comfort, convenience and added privacy.
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May 2021
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Tyus Jones celebrates health of his first, most important coach: Mom
“Her fingerprints are all over my basketball career,” the Grizzlies point guard says of his mom, Debbie Jones, a cancer survivor.
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October 2019
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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.
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May 2019
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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.
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April 2019
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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.
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October 2018
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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.
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