MUSC Hollings Cancer Center

11/27/2025

This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for our amazing care teams, patients, faculty, students and community members committed to health, wellbeing and compassion.

To those who celebrate, we wish you a safe, healthy and peaceful Thanksgiving.

11/26/2025

Another informative evening at the Talbot Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Reception!

Dr. David Tuveson of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center shared his thoughts on the future of pancreatic cancer research, and we heard from two of our Hollings researchers who are making progress in the lab.

Dr. Tuveson, by the way, was the very first grantee of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (Pancreatic Cancer Action Network), and we were to delighted to have a representative of this group in the room with us.

Thank you to South Carolina - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) and the Talbot family for being such wonderful partners in the fight against pancreatic cancer.

11/25/2025

Cancer caregiving is a tough role - and simply because of the stage of life they're in, young adults caring for a parent with cancer can find that they have very different concerns than older adults caring for a spouse.

This week on Health Focus, Hollings researcher Dr. Amanda Kastrinos talks to Bobbi Conner about her work to provide support for young adult caregivers.

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This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Amanda Kastrinos about young adults caring for parents with cancer.

11/23/2025

Monique Govan has stopped asking “why.” Why is she the one to be diagnosed with a rare cancer in the lungs? Why, when she doesn’t smoke and is only 47 years old?

There are no answers down that line of thought.

“I have learned that I was the chosen one, and I'm not going to question anymore as to why this has happened to me,” she said. “It’s time to get it done."

And she is getting it done – while balancing her treatment with her job coordinating surgery cases at MUSC Health Orangeburg.

A seemingly everyday symptom eventually led to an unusual diagnosis.

11/21/2025

Way to go Eleanor Hardy & Denise Swick! We love to see our providers and patients out and about - especially for such a great cause. https://bit.ly/3X5JgKJ

American Lung Association in South Carolina

More than 400 people gathered on Folly Beach for the annual LUNG FORCE Run and Walk, raising over $180,000 and marking a $1 million milestone for the American Lung Association.

11/20/2025

A big thank you to our friends at MARY KAY who recently blessed our breast cancer patients with 72 Chemo Care Kits. These beautifully packaged kits were sponsored by Charleston area Mary Kay customers — and our local Mary Kay consultants generously matched every single kit donated. Thank you!

11/20/2025

Quitting smoking isn’t easy. It takes time. And a plan. You don’t have to stop smoking in one day. Start with day one. Let today, the Great American Smokeout, be your day to start your journey toward a smoke-free life!

You’ll be joining thousands of people who smoke across the country in taking an important step toward a healthier life and reducing your cancer risk. Learn more: https://bit.ly/46Gyw8m

11/20/2025

A huge congratulations to our breast cancer team, which just earned reaccreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.

Programs that seek out this accreditation must show that they provide integrated, multidisciplinary, comprehensive breast care with a patient-centered approach.

We're proud of our team for putting forth excellence every day!

11/18/2025

If you or someone you love has a history of smoking, think about lung cancer screening. The lung cancer screening test is a noninvasive, painless scan - and it can help to find cancer at an early stage, when it's easier to treat. Who should consider lung cancer screening?

If you're:
-50-80 years old (up to 77 for Medicare coverage)
-Currently smoke or quit in the last 15 years
-Have a 20-pack-year smoking history (that means one pack a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years).

We have nurse practitioners throughout the state who can sit down with you to talk through whether lung cancer screening is right for you. Give us a call!

More info: https://bit.ly/3Y3HJn8

11/17/2025

Thanks to advances in HIV care, people living with HIV are now more likely to die from lung cancer than HIV.

And people with HIV also have higher rates of tobacco-related cancers than the general population.

A Hollings team is looking at the best way to reach this group to help them to stop smoking.

Hollings Cancer Center researchers have been awarded a federal grant to help people with HIV to quit smoking by changing practices in Ryan White clinics.

11/17/2025

Are you caring for a loved one with cancer? Our social workers are starting a support group for caregivers and want to make this group as helpful as possible.

Please take a moment to fill out this short survey so they can meet your needs!

https://forms.office.com/r/0TgmrdhrM2

11/16/2025

Join us online this week for a monthly support group moderated by MUSC Hollings Cancer Center providers with expertise in the psychological experience of people with breast cancer. You can participate however you feel most comfortable: video on, video off or call in. All options are available.

The group meets on the third Tuesday of every month from noon to 1 p.m. Register here to receive a link: https://bit.ly/3VGNMi2