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Why should breast cancer research be important to you?

Because one day that research will lead to a cure and prevention, saving thousands of lives. Research is just one piece of our facility’s entire program that represents a commitment – both scientific and financial – to the discovery, treatment and cure of breast disease.

Dr. Alan Hollingsworth shows off some of the blood samples that will be used in a national research investigation. The samples were given by Mercy patients.

Mercy Women’s Center maintains a benign breast tissue bank to supply research samples to the National Cancer Institute.

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Research

New breast cancer detection tool

Mercy is one of only four sites in the nation taking part in a new study to determine whether a tiny drop of fluid from the nipple can be used to detect early breast cancer. Learn more.

Director collaborates in national research

Dr. Alan Hollingsworth is serving as an investigator with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle for the discovery of a blood test to detect early breast cancer. Other participating institutions include MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Alabama and Fox Chase Cancer Center. Learn more.

National research site for
breast cancer blood test

Mercy Women’s Center was first in the nation to launch an international clinical trial to determine if a simple blood test is viable as a screening procedure for breast cancer. Learn more.

Looking for new methods
to predict breast cancer

Mercy is one of only a handful of tissue banks in the country focused on benign tissue. Mercy’s tissue bank provides tissue samples that will help National Cancer Institute researchers predict breast cancer and in turn prevent it. Learn more.

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