Ten years ago, Maura Bivens became one of the first women in Southern Nevada to be treated with the CyberKnife. The treatment was for triple-negative breast cancer that had metastasized to her lungs. But today, the 51-year-old is healthy.
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Kristen Louis was nine weeks pregnant at the time her breast cancer was diagnosed. After three lumpectomies that led eventually to a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, she is part of the NATALEE phase III clinical trial.
Melinda Christoforo first learned she had breast cancer in 2008 after undergoing a routine mammogram examination and had a mastectomy to reduce any chance of cancer returning. In 2014, she learned the devastating prognosis that her cancer had returned and had now spread to her lungs.
Melissa Peters is taking part in the HER2CLIMB clinical trial, which is studying the effects of a drug called tucatinib in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer and brain metastases.
A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for plague, El Dorado County said in a statement Monday.
Plums and pluots improve in flavor when they are kept on the tree longer and harvested closer to their mature date. These fruits are normally harvested from the end of July to the first or second week of August in our climate.
Erica Stiles, a student at Touro University Nevada in Henderson, agreed to play a patient as part of a classroom ultrasound demonstration last year.