Breast Cancer Awareness

It was supposed to be a routine visit with her new gynecologist. After moving from Florence to Bonneau, Carol Barlet simply needed a prescription refilled and the accompanying annual checkup, which, of course, is normal with a new doctor. But the appointment quickly turned shocking for Barlet when Christine Hunter, M.D., OB/GYN at Lowcountry Women’s … Read more

Imagine for a moment that you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. After months – or even years – of treatments, fighting, then healing, and the avalanche of emotions and physical and mental setbacks that ebb and flow, you are officially declared cancer free. That irreplaceable freeing feeling washes away much of the looming uneasiness, […]

Developing Research Leads to Less Chemo in Some Breast Cancer Cases As physicians learn more about the makeup of breast cancer cells, longtime ideas about how to treat breast cancer are shifting. The type of breast cancer cells is driving treatment plans and leading breast cancer doctors to forgo chemotherapy in some instances. Dr. Jennifer […]

Women Who Battled Breast Cancer… and Won Debbie Byron Dr. Debbie Byron had a biopsy in February 2016 that showed negative results, but, due to the troublesome looks of the lesion, she underwent an excisional biopsy and a partial mastectomy in May 2016. Results a few days later found invasive ductal carcinoma. Because her margins […]