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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Inova Loudoun Hospital Life with Cancer and Loudoun Breast Health Network to Host Annual Free Community Event: Breast Cancer Survivors’ Retreat
Inova Loudoun Hospital Life with Cancer and Loudoun Breast Health Network to Host Annual Free Community Event: Breast Cancer Survivors’ Retreat LEESBURG, VA – To commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Loudoun County, Inova Loudoun Hospital Life with Cancer and the Loudoun Breast Health Network are hosting Pathways to Survivorship: A Breast Cancer Survivors’ Retreat…
Read MoreNew breast center at Inova Loudoun offers high-tech testing plus comforting care
A Vision for Women’s Health Few women relish getting a mammogram, but the new Inova Schar Cancer Institute – Peterson Family Breast Center stands poised to make the testing more efficient, pleasant, convenient and, most importantly, even more accurate. Located on the Inova Loudoun Hospital Medical Campus (click for google map), the 3,800-square-foot breast center…
Read MoreDr. David Weintritt at Inova pioneers SPY Imaging for breast cancer surgery
SPYing on Breast Cancer Inova is the first in the world to use a groundbreaking technique that reduces complications during breast reconstruction To improve outcomes in breast cancer surgery, a surgeon at the Breast Cancer Program at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital has added a new tool in the fight. Known as the SPY Portable Handheld Imaging…
Read MoreFor some breast cancer patients at Inova Fair Oaks, a time-saving treatment is welcome
Convenience Counts: IORT for Breast Cancer For women with early stage breast cancer, a lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment. For some women, however, undergoing radiation five days a week for up to six weeks is fatiguing and difficult to negotiate with work and family obligations. Now, physicians…
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