Posted on May 14th, 2013
According to experts, those with a family history of breast cancer should begin mammograms 10 years younger than the age their youngest relative was when diagnosed with breast cancer (or at age 40 — which ever comes first). But is that enough?
The MUSC High Risk Breast Evaluation Program provides a specialized clinic for people at increased risk for developing breast cancer. Patients . . . → Read More: MUSC’s High Risk Breast Evaluation Program Offers Hope
Posted on October 19th, 2012
By Dr. Megan Baker Ruppel
Director, MUSC Comprehensive Breast Care Program
Breast cancer care at its best requires a tremendous, well-choreographed and compassionate team effort. Every woman diagnosed with breast cancer deserves the benefit of not just one clinician’s opinion but the opinion of an entire group with hundreds of years of combined breast cancer specific expertise. Too many . . . → Read More: Patient-centered Breast Care at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center
Posted on October 12th, 2012
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the new MUSC Health East Cooper building is lit up in pink for the month of October. If you haven’t had a chance to see MUSC’s newest location, drive by and take a look.
MUSC Health East Cooper offers a full range of out-patient breast care services, including cancer care and infusion, . . . → Read More: MUSC Honors Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Posted on January 18th, 2012
MUSC Advanced Breast Reconstruction Program
Why MUSC?
Experience and expertise - The MUSC Advanced Breast Reconstruction Program includes four of the top surgeons in this field. Our doctors were some of the first to use natural tissue reconstruction methods that require microsurgery, such as the revolutionary DIEP flap procedure, which was pioneered in Charleston, SC.
High volume – We . . . → Read More: MUSC’s Advanced Breast Reconstruction Program