Cancer

The ABCs of Breast Cancer

DeKalb Medical Breast Disease Specialist and Surgeon Dr. April Speed focuses on how to be a good steward of breast health and make diet or lifestyle changes that will minimize the risk of developing breast cancer.

DeKalb Medical Breast Disease Specialist and Surgeon Dr. April Speed focuses on how to be a good steward of breast health and make diet or lifestyle changes that will minimize the risk of developing breast cancer.

Breast Cancer: Building a Team for Each Patient

DeKalb Medical's Dr. John S. Kennedy, Breast Navigator Emily Beard, R.N., and Chaplain McClellon D. Cox discuss the importance of each patient's team in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

Chemotherapy Desensitization:

Listen to patient stories regarding their unique chemotherapy desensitization procedure.

DeKalb Medical offers an option for people who may be allergic to their chemotherapy. Hear first-hand from an ovarian cancer survivor and her caregiver about the Rapid Chemo Desensitization program, and how it has helped her body tolerate Doxil, the preferred drug prescribed by her oncologist to treat her cancer.

DeKalb Medical offers an option for people who may be allergic to their chemotherapy. Hear first-hand from a breast cancer survivor about the Rapid Chemo Desensitization program, and how it has helped her body tolerate paclitaxel, the preferred drug prescribed by her oncologist to treat her cancer.