Our Research
Making Strides in Cancer Care … in our Community
- Enrolled area women with Her2 positive breast cancer in studies evaluating medications found to improve survival.
- Contributed hundreds of tissue and blood specimen samples to help increase knowledge of the makeup of cancer and how different proteins are expressed on cancer cells.
- This data is being used to develop medications that target cancer more effectively, causing fewer side effects.
- Enrolled patients in a study evaluating a medication for metastatic lung cancer found to improve disease-free survival.
- Provide genetic screening for women diagnosed at high risk for breast cancer through the hospitals of the Community Healthcare System High Risk Breast Clinic.
- Initiated a cancer survivorship program, helping individuals with cancer review their cancer treatments and transition to survivorship, outlining an optimum follow-up and prevention plan
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