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The Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, the area''s only federally designated cancer center, today announced a $10 million commitment from two of St. Louis'' leading corporations to expand vital research space and support and help assure that people in and around St. Louis will have the newest cancer treatments close at hand.

Debate in the medical community about the value of yearly mammograms raises a big question for women. Should I get a mammogram once year? October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to Jill Dietz, MD, breast surgeon at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, the answer is "Yes."

As stressful as a breast cancer diagnosis can be, one of the more difficult aspects is the radiation therapy that typically wraps up treatment.