MUSC to Host Recruitment for Landmark Cancer Prevention Study

The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) has officially launched in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties and MUSC is proud to serve as one of the host sites. CPS-3 offers our community the unprecedented opportunity to drive cancer research by participating first-hand in a landmark cancer study that will help researchers better understand the lifestyle, genetic . . . → Read More: MUSC to Host Recruitment for Landmark Cancer Prevention Study

Patient-centered Breast Care at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center

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

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center To Offer Free Skin Cancer Screenings

Hollings Cancer Center Mobile Health Unit

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center’s Mobile Health Unit will be offering free skin cancer screenings at Charleston-area locations this summer. The screenings are free, open to the public and no appointment is required. For more information call 843-792-0878.

Isle of Palms Front Beach – Isle of Palms
Saturday July 14, 2012 9:00am-Noon

James Island . . . → Read More: MUSC Hollings Cancer Center To Offer Free Skin Cancer Screenings

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center Awarded $1.8 Million Federal Grant for Lung Cancer Study

African Americans in South Carolina with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are significantly less likely than Caucasians to receive surgical treatment for their disease, thus significantly reducing  chances of survival.  This reflects a national trend that Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and statewide partners hope to change with . . . → Read More: MUSC Hollings Cancer Center Awarded $1.8 Million Federal Grant for Lung Cancer Study