The largest community-based health system in Southeast Louisiana, Terrebonne General | Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, led by President and CEO Phyllis Peoples, has embarked on a critical mission to increase survivorship rates and lessen the burden of this devastating disease. This is featured in the reputable international digital healthcare magazine Insights Care.
Its devotion to cancer eradication extends beyond the walls of its building. The group is well entrenched within the community, providing education and free screenings to residents through its mobile medical clinic program ‘Prevention On The Go,’ as a means of detecting cancer in its earliest stage in which more success is attainable.
With a pledge to a “high touch” and “high tech” style of healing, the organization’s goal of excellence, along with embracing a patient-focused strategy and a top priority on community education and outreach, places it among Southeast Louisiana’s finest health care organizations. Phyllis Peoples will keep the organization’s fight against cancer going, the Cancer Center is making giant strides in bringing cancer care whole again close to home, bringing hope back to thousands of people and families throughout Louisiana. In its second effort to reduce the number of cancer patients on the rise, Terrebonne General | Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center offers Prevention On The Go, a prevention and early detection program to identify cancer early on, when there is a greater chance of improved results. The Cancer Center offers its community free, possibly life-changing education and screening services, including lung, colorectal, breast, prostate, skin, and oral tests, through its mobile medical unit, Early Bird.
The Terrebonne General | Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center grew and evolved to meet the needs of the community, but its purpose hasn’t shifted: it’s still all about improving survivorship and lowering cancer burden. That mission rings especially significant in Louisiana – a state overwhelmed with excessive cancer death due to access deficits, delayed diagnosis, etc.
