New Technology Enhances Precision of Breast Cancer Surgery

News from Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Clears Cancers More Completely – Preserves Healthy Breast Tissue Covenant Health Fort Sanders Regional in Knoxville recently became the first hospital in Tennessee to use a new technology that can improve breast...

Breast Cancer Can Happen at Any Age

News from Parkwest Healthy LIfestyles Working as a nurse practitioner and parenting three small children with her husband, the last thing on Jamie Turner of Knoxville’s mind was breast cancer. When she felt a small lump in her breast one day in May of 2021, she...

Meet Dr. Ana Wilson

Premier Surgical Associates of  Knoxville, TN, is glad to welcome another member to our team – Dr. Ana K. Wilson. Dr. Wilson is a new Surgical Oncologist with Premier Surgical at Fort Sanders Regional in Knoxville, TN. Let’s get to know her more in this...

Is Genetic Testing Right for Me?

According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer death rates decreased steadily from 1989 to 2015 because of improved treatments and early detection by mammography. In 2015, relative survival rates for women diagnosed with breast cancer were 91 percent at five...