Posts By: Mae Bennett

West Cancer Center is proud to introduce Dr. David B. Robins, MD our newest Pathologist to join our team. Dr. Robins completed his medical school training at University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1982. He then did his residency in anatomic pathology and a surgical pathology fellowship (with added emphasis in gynecologic pathology) at… Read more »

Daniel Vaena, MD, medical oncologist and hematologist, West Cancer Center, discusses the importance of risk stratification in prostate cancer. It is important to remember that patients need to be carefully selected for treatment based on risk stratification, says Vaena. There are many new therapeutic agents available to patients with metastatic disease and castration-naïve disease; however,… Read more »

As we move into holiday season, our Integrative Oncology department is launching a video ministry series for patients, caregivers, and staff members! Be on the look out each Wednesday for a video message from our Spiritual Council, including our very own Chaplain, Makeba Garrison! Our Council will be addressing things like grief, gratitude, meditation, and… Read more »

September is light blue ribbon month, also known as Prostate Cancer Awareness month It’s a time to recognize a disease that will cause the death of an estimated 30,000 men this year, one that affects one in nine men here in the U.S. African-American men are impacted in even greater numbers. One in six African-American men will develop… Read more »