Patient Stories
Dawn is Grateful for that Mammogram
Although most women know that mammograms are the best method to detect breast cancer early when it’s easier to treat, many women, like Dawn Picard, still put theirs off.
“It was easy to schedule my mammogram, but something always seemed to come up, until I finally stopped scheduling them altogether,” said Dawn, a 58 year-old massage therapist. “And of course, I knew better. My mother died at the age of 53 from a hyper-aggressive form of breast cancer, and my half-sister also had breast cancer.”
Read Dawn’s full patient story.
John’s Journey to Becoming Cancer Free
For John Peretti, it began with painful recurring earaches that led him to seek medical attention from his family care physician. He was then referred to an ear, nose and throat specialist, who scheduled the CT scan that detected John’s tumor and led to his diagnosis of oropharyngeal cancer.
Read John’s full patient story.