In a perfect world, location would never be a factor in a patient’s access to specialized cancer care. The reality is that in a state as vast as Texas, patients...
Rogelio Salinas, M.D.left, Benjamin West, M.D.right
When I think of some of the most common cancer-related misconceptions I hear from patients and their fam...
While millions of people are breast cancer survivors, it remains the most common cancer affecting women. Regardless of the high survival rate of breast cancer, ...
Several years ago, if a child living in the Rio Grande Valley had a chronic respiratory disorder, they most likely had to set out on a long, arduous trip to San...
Though not as prevalent as in females, men can get breast cancer too.
When children are born, both males and females possess similar breast tissue. Over time...
A cancer diagnosis can be a life-altering event for patients and their families, but it also often puts a very personal matter front and center in a professiona...
Breast cancer treatment advances have resulted in nearly 100 percent survival rates for stage 1 breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. Even so...
Alexandria Whitaker’s own battle with breast cancer has turned her into a champion of the downtrodden. With her new website, Whitty’s Titty Committee, she’s taken her story and mobilized for the whole world to see that you can still glow and thrive while going through such a traumatic event. She hopes to serve as a point of inspiration for other young women who’ve been diagnosed, sharing stories and tips she learned during her treatment. This is her story.
The most important and simplest way for a woman to assess the health of her breasts and to find the earliest signs of concern is to perform a Breast Self Ex...
Between four highly-trained physicians, the Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Driscoll Children’s Hospital treats more than 100 young patients per month at t...
