Live Well Wrap Up 2025 Each year, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s Live Well events bring free cancer screenings and health resources directly to communities across Louisiana and Southwest Mississippi.
“Very, very important”: how a mammogram may have saved Dot Efferson’s life Even though she didn’t feel like it, Dot Efferson forced herself to go in for her mammogram. It may well have saved her life. In
Five Years Cancer-Free: Cheryl Michelet’s Journey of Gratitude and Giving Back This November, Cheryl Michelet will celebrate a milestone she once only dreamed of reaching: five years cancer-free. Diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2020,
How screening – and a toy poodle – saved a breast cancer patient’s life Kristie Callais owes her life, at least in part, to her poodle. Callais had no symptoms when, in July 2022, her toy poodle Mocha began
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Becomes First in World to Introduce Newly-Approved Artificial Intelligence Software in Clinical Setting to Streamline Patient Scan Process
With New Initiatives, Mary Bird Perkins Focuses on Increased Cancer Outreach & Screening for LGBTQ+ Community
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center To Host Health Event in Recognition of National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week
Despite Severe Weather, Mary Bird Perkins’ Inaugural Live Well Mississippi Event Reaches Screening Milestone
Mary Bird Perkins’ Live Well Delta Community Health Event Returns to Monroe After Successful First Year