“Cancer Watch” Segment on Action News 5 with Kristen Hayes

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​Kristen Hayes, NP is our provider at the Margaret West High Risk Breast Clinic. During the month of February, she was featured on Bluff City Life – Action News 5 to discuss the importance of early detection, mammogram screenings, and knowing your personal risk for developing breast cancer. Please watch the segment below.

Institutional Perspectives in Cancer: Lung Cancer

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We are so excited to partner with OncLive to host a virtual #InstitutionalPerspectivesinCancer on Lung Cancers! Join us on February 7, 2022 from 6:30PM to hear from our very own medical oncologists, Dr. Jason Porter. OncLive® Institutional Perspectives in Cancer (IPC) are short virtual meetings designed to educate oncologists and health care providers on the… Read more »

West is 2nd in the U.S. to Deliver Alpha DaRT™

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West Cancer Center is 2nd in the United States to Deliver Alpha DaRT™, a New Type of Radiotherapy for Skin Cancer Patients    West Cancer Center & Research Institute, is participating in a ground-breaking multi-institutional clinical trial, and has become the second cancer center in the country to treat patients with a novel targeted alpha particle… Read more »

Vaccine Therapy to Prevent Recurrences in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

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Breast Cancer Medical Oncologist, Dr. Lee Schwartzberg, shares information on recent studies regarding vaccine therapy to prevent recurrences in #HER2-positive #breastcancer. During a PracticeUpdate interview, Schwartzberg states “We’ve been looking at cancer vaccines for many years now and one of the strategies has particularly been for HER2-positive breast cancers, and it continues to develop as… Read more »

A teenager in Dominica needed brain surgery in Memphis. Here’s how they pulled it off

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One of our incredible breast medical oncologists, Dr. Gregory Vidal, spearheaded the coordination of Ciara Lee’s long distance journey from Dominica here to Memphis for life-saving brain surgery by Dr. Klimo at Semmes Murphey Clinic, PC! We are so proud of our compassionate providers that go above and beyond to promote health & wellness for our… Read more »

Dr. Porter on Potential Sequencing With ADCs and TKIs in HER2+ Lung Cancer

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Dr. Jason Porter talks with OncLive about potential sequencing with antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for HER2+ #lungcancer. Porter states, “The TKIs are oral medications that target HER2 specifically and do not require intravenous infusion. Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the utility of outpatient therapy with the TKIs may be preferrable to trastuzumab deruxtecan. However,… Read more »

Portnoy Previews Immunotherapy Breakthroughs Shaking Up Frontline SCLC Paradigm

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Portnoy says, “It’s been a long time since we’ve had a breakthrough in small cell lung cancer (#SCLC), and we are finally seeing some real concrete improvements in survival with first-line therapy and with those who have progressed on first line therapy. After years of heartbreak and minimal improvement, we’re beginning to see these breakthroughs… Read more »