When an unrelenting cough brought Darlene Lilja to her doctor’s office earlier this year, she never expected breast cancer to be a part of the...
After a routine mammogram at Evans Army Community Hospital in July, LuAnn Long got a call to come back for a follow-up mammogram and ultrasound, and she...
For five years, breast cancer affected many of Chris Madison’s closest family members and friends: her sister and niece were both diagnosed and she lost...
Cindy Dalton's job is to help people through radiation treatment for cancer.
Over a 20-year career working in the medical field - in oncology...
Breast cancer patients receive top-notch medical, surgical, and therapeutic care at the Penrose Cancer Center – Nancy Thompson makes sure of it....
Misty Banta is many things: a wife, a mother of four, a grandmother to three, a yoga instructor and most recently, a breast cancer survivor. Originally...
If you ask Lisa Vanbeek, attitude is half the battle. The Pueblo West resident certainly fought her cancer battle with a solid dose of attitude. “I’m a...
For six months Maureen Redfern didn't think much about the lump she found in her right breast.
But when the former DJ for KILO 94.3 FM, best...
Just six months after she became an oncology case manager with Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, Carol Wilkerson detected a lump in her left breast....
Radiation therapy might be one of the most misunderstood parts of the cancer treatment process. “Our field of radiation therapy is ever-changing, and...
Sharon Halla loves her job. “I get the privilege to work with some amazing people making tough decisions during painful times.” Halla, RN, BSN, OCN,...
At her first mammogram, Kelli Jensen was alarmed to hear that doctors had discovered an aggressive form of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in her breast...
There are as many surgical and treatment plans as there are patients diagnosed with breast cancer. “We ask people to make pretty big decisions after...
Growing up, Linda Sanders saw physicians detect tumors in her mother’s breasts multiple times. Thankfully, each tumor was benign, but the memories left...
When it comes to cancer care, more is more, and no one knows this better than Toni Green-Cheatwood, Director of Breast Oncology at Penrose Cancer...
Mary Wall has spent a better part of her 71 years in hospitals, but when she was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer, she got a fresh perspective on...
