Clinical trials participant hopes to help future cancer patients.
Posted on June 9, 2017To Help Someone Else During a breast self-exam, Wanda Blackburn detected a lump. She wasn’t shocked or afraid, her heart didn’t skip a beat and she didn’t cry. There was no strong family history of breast cancer and Blackburn felt okay. She went on about her life without giving it much thought until she […]
Read moreClinical Trials: Research for the Future of Cancer Treatment
Posted on June 9, 2017At Thompson Cancer Survival Center, oncologists and the clinical trials department work together to find suitable trials that could benefit patients here in East Tennessee. Clinical trials manager Jennifer England says patients are sometimes recommended by doctors and sometimes selected from research of medical files. “We then meet with eligible patients to discuss the trial,” […]
Read moreWelcome Sarah Harder, FNP-BC
Posted on April 21, 2017Sarah Harder, FNP-BC joins Thompson Oncology Group in Oak Ridge and Covenant Health, the region’s top-performing healthcare network.
Read moreWelcome Thomas Kubota, MD
Posted on October 11, 2016Thomas Kubota, MD joins Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Thompson Oncology Group, and Covenant Health, the region’s top-performing healthcare network.
Read moreWelcome Wenqing Zhang, MD, PhD
Posted on October 11, 2016Wenqing Zhang, MD, PhD joins Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Thompson Oncology Group, and Covenant Health, the region’s top-performing healthcare network.
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