As a relatively new patient of Dr. Raymond Washington (general surgeon) and Dr. Todd Moore (medical oncologist), I am in the midst of treatment for breast cancer. My husband and I chose Moore Regional Hospital for my care because of my desire to be close to home and because of its excellent reputation in terms [...]

I wish to extend my sincere thanks for the financial assistance provided by your Cancer CARE Fund. As a young woman, wife and mother living with metastatic breast cancer, there have been many struggles, but the compassion and assistance from so many people have helped immensely. -Genevieve  

Just when Ellen Turner thought she was about to knock cancer’s fast ball out of the park, the disease threw her a curve. And then another. But neither Turner nor her FirstHealth of the Carolinas medical team was ready to strike out. Every time cancer played hard ball, Turner and FirstHealth’s Cancer Services staff found [...]

For more than a year, Scott Provencher has defined his life by “moments that matter.” The Seven Lakes resident, husband and father of four has collected a scrapbook of them. Provencher was diagnosed with Stage IV brain cancer in August 2011, and has since undergone surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Three recent MRIs indicate that he is [...]

TROY – Things have changed a lot in the decade since Ellie Wiles was diagnosed with breast cancer. FirstHealth’s chemotherapy unit, once located in the Patient Tower at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, has moved to the Outpatient Cancer Center on the Page Road side of the hospital campus. Wiles’ primary care provider and the first [...]

It was 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve, and Martin Walker had the last appointment of the day for a blood transfusion, a regular part of his treatment for a chronic blood disorder. The Sanford resident was scheduled for two units of blood at the FirstHealth Outpatient Cancer Center at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. As he [...]

In cancer circles, Heather Brown is known as an anomaly. Diagnosed at age 34 with invasive ductal carcinoma, she has no family history of breast cancer. She eats well and doesn’t smoke. In other words, there is no good explanation for the lump she “caught the edge of” while applying lotion to her chest on [...]

This is the story of a sisterhood, but one that most would prefer not to join. If you do, you may come to see it is a sisterhood of hope. That’s how Patti Friedman sees it. Patti joined her sisterhood in January 2007, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The vivacious, energetic wife and [...]