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Guest Columnists / Dr. McDearmont
Published 09/26/2007 - 10:47 a.m. CST

Dr. Scott McDearmont
Dr. Scott McDearmont
October is breast cancer awareness month.  Thanks to the efforts of the millions of individuals affected by breast cancer the treatment options for this terrible disease continue to grow.  Historical perspective shows us how far we have come in the surgical treatment of breast cancer.
Published 08/29/2007 - 8:21 a.m. CST

Dr. Scott McDearmont
Dr. Scott McDearmont
My career as a surgeon is always interesting.  I constantly get asked about television shows or movies concerning the medical field.  Most Hollywood adaptations of medicine are fantasy, but during five years of surgical training, I saw a lifetime’s worth of stories.  The trauma hall was where the acutely injured patients were initially evaluated.