Texas Breast Specialists–Kingwood and The Woodlands Welcome Dr. Cinthya Lowder
Join us in welcoming Cinthya Lowder, M.D., to Texas Breast Specialists–Kingwood and The Woodlands. Read more about Dr. Lowder’s personalized and collaborative approach to cancer care.
More Than BRCA: The Other Life-Threatening Breast Cancer Gene Mutation To Be Aware Of
CHEK2 serves the body as a tumor suppressor, but when it's mutated, it can be linked to numerous cancers, including breast cancer. Alison Barron, M.D., FACS, breast surgical oncologist at Texas Breast Specialists–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Carrollton explains why she's seeing more patients with this variant. Emily Przybyla, Texas Oncology patient and former employee, shares that knowing she has the CHEK2 variant has made her more vigilant about cancer screenings.
Taking Breast Cancer Prevention and Detection into Your Own Hands
Responding quickly to new symptoms is especially important for detecting and preventing breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in American women. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Ashwani Agarwal, M.D., medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Corsicana, Bindupriya Chandrasekaran M.D., MRCS, breast surgical oncologist at Texas Breast Specialists–Methodist Cancer Centers, Shail Dalal, M.D., medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Palestine Cancer Center, Moya Griffin, M.D., FACS breast surgical oncologist at Texas Breast Specialists–Austin North, and Jamie Terry, M.D., MHCE, FACS breast surgical oncologist at Texas Breast Specialists in Houston explain the importance of routine breast cancer screenings.