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For breast cancer patient Pat Garcia, the Hidden Scar procedure has reduced visible scars from her surgeries and has helped her get back to cycling. Dr. Bridget O’Brien, a surgical oncologist with Texas Breast Specialists-Georgetown, explains how the Hidden Scar procedure minimizes cosmetic changes that can result from breast cancer surgery, giving patients and survivors like Pat a less visible reminder of what they’ve been through.

Inspired by her own battle with cancer, Texas Oncology patient Stephanie Howard started a nonprofit organization, Triumphant Warrior, to provide fun socks to cancer patients undergoing treatment. Stephanie and Dr. Sangeetha Kolluri, a breast surgical oncologist at Texas Breast Specialists–San Antonio Northeast, explain how these socks bring warmth and smiles to cancer patients across the practice.

Dr. Katrina Emmett of Texas Breast Specialists shares her journey to becoming a surgeon specializing in the treatment of breast, skin, and other malignancies.

Dr. Julie Sprunt, a breast surgeon with Texas Breast Specialists-Austin and Bastrop, discusses how invaluable it is for organizations to visit and support patients undergoing rigorous cancer treatments as part of Kendra Scott's annual gifting events during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The approach to cancer care is transforming so that what the patient “wants” is more likely to be what he or she gets. Cancer indeed changes many things in a patient’s life, but not the essence of who you are. Before, during, and after treatment, your personal values, perspectives, and cultural and religious beliefs are an important constant – the glue that holds you together during challenging times. Today, those values can also play a direct role in cancer care.

What’s so funny about cancer? For professional public speaker and improv comedienne Vickie Sokol Evans, a sense of humor and fearlessness required in performing comedy were essential to her successful fight against breast cancer.

Following her husband's advice, she called her gynecologist to discuss the symptom. After consulting with her gynecologist, Brenda was referred to Dr. Jennifer Snow, a breast surgeon at Texas Breast Specialists–Southwest Fort Worth, a part of Texas Oncology. The surgeon was highly recommended by other women who had breast procedures.

Like countless other women, Angie Girgenti put off getting her annual mammogram. Life was hectic for the 45-year-old, who was still reeling from the sudden death of her husband, Nick, two days after Christmas 2013. The gregarious, "full of life Italian" suffered a heart attack while sleeping.

Throughout her adult life, Karen Kissinger avoided doctors, checkups and mammograms due to her fibrocystic breast disease, which causes lumpy, fibrous, noncancerous tissues to form in the breasts. She even put off performing self-examinations because she was unable to tell one lump from another.

Dr. Bridget O'Brien, a breast surgical oncologist at Texas Oncology-Cedar Park, visited KTBC-TV’s “Good Day Austin” to dispel myths, emphasize prevention methods and discuss screening recommendations related to Breast Cancer Awareness Month.