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West Cancer Center & Research Institute in Collaboration with Semmes Murphey and St. Francis Hospital is 1st in the Mid-South to Offer a New Targeted Therapy for Brain Tumors GammaTile Therapy Is Shown to Slow Brain Tumor Progression, Designed to Improve Patient and Caregiver Quality of Life Andrew Boucher, MD and Madison Michael II,… Read more »
Our Margaret West Comprehensive Breast Center is located inside our Wolf River / Germantown campus and offers a full, comprehensive suite of breast health services. Women can come by for annual mammograms to visit our High Risk Breast Clinic, or receive a variety of imaging services read by our on-site breast-specific radiologists. Our breast surgical… Read more »
The West Cancer Foundation recently sat down with Dr. Greg Vidal to talk about #breastcancer disparities. A 2014 study funded by the AVON Foundation discovered that Memphis had the highest national rate of breast cancer disparities among black women. They were dying of breast cancer at two times the rate of white women. Since this… Read more »
We are so proud of our West oncology specialists recently named 2022 Top Doctors in Memphis Magazine! Winners are based on nominations from doctors themselves when asked “As a doctor, where would you go if you needed care?” The award of Top Doctor is a prestigious one, not to be taken lightly. As the world… Read more »
Contact Us: For immediate assistance, West Cancer Center & Research Institute: 901.683.0055 Margaret West Comprehensive Breast Center: 901.692.9600 For the following requests, please complete the form to your right. Responses should be expected within 48 business hours. Comments about your experience Appointment inquiries CareSpace (patient portal) assistance Nurse triage Clinical research Media inquiries... Read more »
OUR LOCATIONS Brighton Campus Memphis / Shelby 240 Grandview Dr, Brighton, TN 38011 901.683.0055 View Details > Corinth Campus North Mississippi 2001 State Drive, Corinth, MS 38834 662.286.3694 View Details > Desoto Campus North Mississippi 7668 Airways Boulevard, Southaven, MS 38671 662.349.9556 View Details > Dyersburg, Tennessee – Radiation Oncology Only West Tennessee 440 Wilkinson... Read more »
PalliativeCare gets involved in a patient’s cancer journey for 1 of 2 reasons: 1. Tough symptoms, or 2. Tough decisions Palliative care doesn’t always mean “end of life care.” If a patient has difficult symptoms such as nausea or pain, or if there is a difficult decision to be made about what treatment is most… Read more »
Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Matthew Ballo, was recently featured on WREG News Channel 3‘s “3 Good Minutes” to share information about sun safety and updates in skin cancer treatments and research! He shares “Taking care of your skin and avoiding skin cancer is kind of like taking care of your car. You need to do regular… Read more »
At West Cancer Center, we believe the atmosphere and environment our patients receive care and treatment can be as vital in their journey as their clinical treatment. In fact, we have designed many of our locations with an arts focus. So, when Annabella Tian from Lausanne Collegiate School reached out to our Art Therapist, Paige… Read more »
West Cancer Center & Research Institute, a pioneer in radiology technology, now has a recently FDA-approved radiopharmaceutical agent: prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). This agent will be imaged with our state-of-art PET/CT imaging for men diagnosed with prostate cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer… Read more »