According to the Centers for Disease Control, Louisiana has the second highest rate of new cancer cases in the nation.
LOUISIANA, USA — According to the Centers for Disease Control, Louisiana has the second-highest rate of new cancer cases in the nation.
The one that takes the most lives here is lung cancer, followed by breast, prostate, colorectal and pancreatic cancers.
Now there is new help for patients.
Along with the scary diagnosis of cancer, there are the concerns about having to leave your home and loved ones for treatment, and the financial burden of living away as well.
It’s been a couple of years in the making. Thursday morning it became a reality. There’s a new partnership, the Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center of Southeastern Louisiana.
“We’re about to save lives together. So, we should have energy in this room and be excited,” said Pete November, CEO of Ochsner told the crowd gathered for the announcement.
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