In The News
Read the latest Texas Oncology news and stories highlighting Fort Worth practices and patients.
Media Outlet: WFAA-TV (ABC, Dallas-Fort Worth)
10/23/2019- Katrina E. Birdwell, M.D, FACS, of Texas Breast Specialists–Methodist Dallas Cancer Center, appeared live on WFAA-TV to discuss breast cancer myths with an in-studio audience of breast cancer survivors and supporters. In the interactive segment, which aired during the station’s special morning show dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Birdwell clarifies common misconceptions about breast cancer occurrence and prevention.
Media Outlet: Shine Online
10/21/2019- Salon owner and hair stylist Ursulia Hall was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer in October 2018, and now she’s using her salon to help breast cancer patients during chemotherapy. According to her breast surgical oncologist, Katrina E. Birdwell, M.D, FACS, of Texas Breast Specialists–Methodist Dallas Cancer Center, when patients like Ursulia have positive outlooks through treatment, they have better outcomes.
Media Outlet: Radiology Today
10/15/2019- Proton therapy uses particles to deliver a highly concentrated amount of radiation to a cancer target. Because of its physical properties, the particles don’t impact surrounding organs to the same degree as conventional X-rays. Proton therapy also allows patients who receive radiation and experience a recurrence of cancer to be treated with additional radiation, offering the potential for controlling the disease without unacceptable complications to nearby organs.
Media Outlet: KERA-FM (NPR, Dallas-Fort Worth)
10/14/2019- Katrina E. Birdwell, M.D, FACS, of Texas Breast Specialists–Methodist Dallas Cancer Center, was featured on the KERA News Morning Edition segment, where she corrected some common misinformation about breast cancer. Dr. Birdwell explained that you don’t need a family history of breast cancer to get the disease, that leading a healthy lifestyle doesn’t prevent breast cancer, that men can get breast cancer, and that mastectomy isn’t the only form of treatment for breast cancer patients. She highlighted modifiable ways to present breast cancer, including maintaining a healthy weight and activity level, avoiding tobacco use, reducing extra estrogen, and decreasing alcohol consumption.
10/9/2019- Jennifer Snow, D.O., who specializes in breast cancer surgery at Texas Breast Specialists and sees patients in Granbury, and Southwest Fort Worth, sheds light on common breast cancer myths.
Media Outlet: WFAA
10/8/2019- According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Dr. Sturgeon overviews risk factors for breast cancer and why proton therapy is a good treatment option not only for someone newly diagnosed with breast cancer, but also for patients who have recurrent disease or even existing heart or lung issues.
10/7/2019- From symptoms to surgery, Katrina Birdwell, M.D., FACS, of Texas Breast Specialists break down several of the common breast cancer myths she hears from patients.
Media Outlet: KXAS-TV (NBC, Dallas-Fort Worth)
9/30/2019- Katrina E. Birdwell, M.D, FACS, of Texas Breast Specialists–Methodist Dallas Cancer Center, discussed common breast cancer myths on KXAS-TV's Health Connection newscast. Dr. Birdwell explained that you don’t have to feel a lump in order to have breast cancer, that men can get breast cancer, and that mastectomy isn’t the only form of treatment for breast cancer patients. She highlighted additional treatment options, including lumpectomy and oncoplastic surgery, and reiterated the importance of regular screenings for breast cancer.
Media Outlet: WFAA
9/10/2019- Dr. Andrew Lee and his former patient, Dr. Mark Vaccaro, a radiologist, talk about the benefits of proton therapy for prostate cancer and how Dr. Vaccaro came to the conclusion that proton therapy was the right treatment option for his diagnosis.
8/23/2019- We are pleased to welcome medical oncologist Scott McCord, M.D., to the Texas Oncology–Keller team. Get to know Dr. McCord, from his career in hematology and medical oncology to his family’s return home to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.