Adena Cancer Center recognized, for second time
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In a pleasant turn of events, Adena surgeon Dr. W. Bill Sever and Certified Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Ingham will be traveling to San Antonio in early December to present a scientific paper about the Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic developed in the Adena Cancer Center.
Just a few weeks ago, Darla Cremeans, the Breast Care Navigator in the Cancer Center, was invited to travel to San Antonio this month to present a paper that she prepared for the second annual Navigation and Survivorship Conference. The conference is sponsored by the Academy of Oncology Nurse Navigators.
“This is a tremendous honor for Darla, Jen, and Dr. Sever, as well as the health system and the Cancer Center. And it speaks well of all of the hard work that has been done to make the Breast Program what it is today – even though it is still in its infancy,” said Dr. Rick Myhand, the center’s Medical Director.
The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium that Dr. Sever and Ingham will attend is designed to provide state-of-the-art information on the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant breast disease.
Ingham praised the efforts of Dr. W. Bill Sever who assisted in the paper and is instrumental in the leadership of Adena’s Breast Clinic. The clinic was started in December of 2009 and has helped in the early treatment and prompt diagnosis of more than 100 breast cancers patients.
“The creation of the clinic has revolutionized the care we provide to breast cancer patients in the region,” she said. “Our hope is that sharing our successes will prompt other hospitals, regardless of their size, to launch breast clinics of their own.”
Hundreds of presentations are planned and thousand of healthcare professionals from around the world are expected to attend the event.
Along with commending Cremeans, Ingham and Dr. Sever for their work, Dr. Myhand praised physicians in Surgery, Oncology, Pathology and Radiology; the leadership and staff at Women’s Imaging; and Adena’s administration for their support of the Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic.
The age-adjusted rates for breast cancer in the Appalachia region are 5.3 percent higher than other regions of the country, and the stage of presentation is more advanced, Ingham said.
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Just a few weeks ago, Darla Cremeans, the Breast Care Navigator in the Cancer Center, was invited to travel to San Antonio this month to present a paper that she prepared for the second annual Navigation and Survivorship Conference. The conference is sponsored by the Academy of Oncology Nurse Navigators.
“This is a tremendous honor for Darla, Jen, and Dr. Sever, as well as the health system and the Cancer Center. And it speaks well of all of the hard work that has been done to make the Breast Program what it is today – even though it is still in its infancy,” said Dr. Rick Myhand, the center’s Medical Director.
The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium that Dr. Sever and Ingham will attend is designed to provide state-of-the-art information on the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant breast disease.
Ingham praised the efforts of Dr. W. Bill Sever who assisted in the paper and is instrumental in the leadership of Adena’s Breast Clinic. The clinic was started in December of 2009 and has helped in the early treatment and prompt diagnosis of more than 100 breast cancers patients.
“The creation of the clinic has revolutionized the care we provide to breast cancer patients in the region,” she said. “Our hope is that sharing our successes will prompt other hospitals, regardless of their size, to launch breast clinics of their own.”
Hundreds of presentations are planned and thousand of healthcare professionals from around the world are expected to attend the event.
Along with commending Cremeans, Ingham and Dr. Sever for their work, Dr. Myhand praised physicians in Surgery, Oncology, Pathology and Radiology; the leadership and staff at Women’s Imaging; and Adena’s administration for their support of the Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic.
The age-adjusted rates for breast cancer in the Appalachia region are 5.3 percent higher than other regions of the country, and the stage of presentation is more advanced, Ingham said.
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