Army Medicine fights cancer with advanced treatments

This medical advancement in Cancer is great news for both women and men.

Joint Base San Antonio, Texas — October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Army Medicine is diagnosing and treating service members with cancer using state-of-the-art techniques and tools that many civilian hospitals can't provide.

The medical director for the John P. Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Army Col. (Dr.) Craig D. Shriver, stated, "Breast cancer is a readiness issue that affects around 1,000 Soldiers a year. In most cases, cancer can be cured but will remove a Soldier from duty for up to a year."