Medical Series: Talking about Breast Cancer

By On October 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, Ft. Carson, Health, Interview, KRCC News, Series

We continue our medical series with Ft. Carson specialists by talking about breast cancer. We’re joined by Lt. Col. Matthew Mayfield, who heads the general surgery department and oversees the breast surgery clinic at Evans Army Hospital. We begin by addressing why breast cancer awareness continues to be so important.

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