“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 June, the 79-year-old Baton Rouge resident decided that she’d put off her routine breast exam long enough. “After facing other major health challenges, I was tired and had decided I’d […]
A Patient’s Dilemma Led to Lifesaving Care in the Community
John Baker quite literally lives a stone’s throw away from Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Natchez. Passing it an endless number of times over the years, it never occurred to him that he might one day rely on the care the southwest Mississippi location provides. “I believe I got as good of care there […]