11/9/2018 - You’ve got a diagnosis. Here’s what you should ask next.

Media Outlet: Sherman Herald Democrat
11/9/2018- Dr. Azmina Patel discusses important questions for patients to ask upon receiving a breast cancer diagnosis. Although a breast cancer diagnosis can cause uncertainty, Dr. Patel says patients should ask questions that center on the treatment options available and the goals of those treatments. 

11/9/2018 - Women now have more options for breast cancer detection than ever before

Media Outlet: Sherman Herald Democrat
11/9/2018- Dr. Azmina Patel discusses risk factors associated with breast cancer and the importance of early detection. Dr. Patel says early detection with regular mammograms is the single most effective way to combat the condition

11/9/2018 - Community Oncologists Divided on the Value of Biosimilars

Media Outlet: The Center for Biosimilars
11/9/2018- At the Community Oncology Alliance Payer Summary, Dr. Lalan Wilfong, medical oncologist with Texas Oncology–Presbyterian Cancer Center Dallas, discussed the upcoming availability of anticancer biosimilars as treatment options. According to Dr. Wilfong, practices are looking forward to the development of biosimilars due to the prospect that prices may fall for cancer therapy.

11/6/2018 - Dr Scott Paulson: Role of Somatostatin Analogs, Biomarkers in Treatment of GEP-NETs

Media Outlet: American Journal of Managed Care
11/6/2018- Dr. Scott Paulson, medical director for the Neuroendocrine Research and Treatment Center at Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center discusses how somatostatins have been the most game-changing drug in the treatment landscape of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

10/30/2018 - How Can You Best Support Your Employee or Coworker With Cancer?

Media Outlet: D CEO Healthcare
10/30/2018- Cancer has myriad forms and touches nearly everyone at some point in life, but handling its occurrence can be especially complicated in the workplace. Mike Marino, practice director at Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center; Jenn Paxton, social worker with Texas Oncology–Methodist Charlton Cancer Center; and cancer patient Kim Snipes discuss best practices for patients, co-workers, and employers to adjust for a cancer diagnosis in the workplace.

10/30/2018 - Dr Lalan Wilfong on the Struggle for Reimbursement of Novel Cancer Therapies

Media Outlet: American Journal of Managed Care
10/30/2018- In a video interview with AJMC, Lalan Wilfong, medical oncologist with Texas Oncology–Presbytarian Cancer Center Dallas, discusses oncology payment reform, as well as the Oncology Care Model, including how Texas Oncology has implemented it across the practice, in addition to his take on the use of biosimilars in oncology care today.

10/30/2018 - Dr. Victor Mangona Recaps Proton Therapy Highlight out of ASTRO

10/30/2018- There are many key trends coming out of the 2018 ASTRO Annual Meeting. According to Victor Mangona of Texas Center for Proton Therapy, one in particular may even change the way we treat cancer.

10/30/2018 - Breast Cancer Survivors Show

Media Outlet: WFAA-TV (ABC, Dallas)
10/30/2018- This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, WFAA kicked their survivors special off by discussing innovative proton therapy treatment available for breast cancer patients at Texas Center for Proton Therapy. Patient Patty Braselton attended as one of 40 breast cancer survivors seated in the studio audience.

10/29/2018 - Dr. Jared Sturgeon Discusses Proton Therapy for Breast Cancer

Media Outlet: WFAA
10/29/2018- Jared Sturgeon, M.D., Ph.D., sat down with WFAA’s ‘Good Morning Texas’ team to discuss proton therapy as a treatment option for breast cancer.

10/29/2018 - Lessons Learned In Building Proton Therapy Centers

Media Outlet: Healthcare Design Magazine
10/29/2018- The cyclotron at the Texas Center for Proton Therapy in Irving, Texas, is big. Weighing 220 tons—or as much as a fully loaded Boeing 757—the unit had to be welded to the bottom of the ship that brought it to the Port of Houston from Belgium because if it shifted even slightly during the voyage, it could capsize the boat.