The Radiation Oncology department at Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) is expanding the scope of treatment to better serve the cancer needs of patients in the region by offering three new cancer treatments in the radiopharmaceutical category. Radiopharmaceuticals are a group of pharmaceutical drugs which have radioactivity. They can be used either for diagnostic or therapeutic
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) advances care to detect breast cancer with the addition of the Hologic 3 Dimensions Mammography System. The new state-of-the-art equipment is a revolutionary screening and diagnostic breast imaging tool designed to improve the early detection of breast cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 1,762,450 new cancer cases diagnosed
Sharon Damron, of Pikeville, was left unable to walk after a serious illness nearly ended her life last Christmas. She made a miraculous recovery thanks to the Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital. Damron was transferred to the PMC inpatient rehab floor for physical therapy and to regain her mobility, after being treated at
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) is the only hospital in eastern Ky. to acquire the latest system available in stereotactic surgical techniques. The ATEC Stereotactic Biopsy from Hologic incorporates imaging, local anesthesia and tissue extraction, all in one system. Stereotactic breast biopsy is a non-surgical method of extracting a test-sample of a breast abnormality and is
