We encourage women with breast cancer to carefully consider their treatment options in consultation with their physicians, family and friends.

Gustavo and his family were made aware by the physicians caring for him that the cancer he was battling might leave him wheelchair bound. Gustavo quite simply refused to accept that possibility.

Cultural differences between physicians and patients, such as language and diet, can often lead to improper treatment or reduced care. This creates barriers that prevent members of minority communities from receiving the best treatment possible.

He drives, he gardens, he sees friends and family. We're lucky he had early diagnosis and got early treatment to stave it off.

Developing diagnostic tests for targeted cancer therapies and making them available to physicians and their patients is our top priority, and this is the third such unique test that we intend to develop and launch this year.

We are excited about offering clinical trials here in Quincy to give patients another option in the treatment of cancer. Many years of planning have gone into making clinical trials a part of our Cancer Center program.