Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Specialized robot changing care in Baton Rouge

Area hospitals, including Baton Rouge General, are using the Ion robot to treat lung cancer patients.

Elizabeth Harper had no lumps and no symptoms when her annual mammogram flagged an abnormality that led to an early breast cancer diagnosis.

More than 382,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.

The National Breast Cancer Foundation says 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.

As October ends, the conversation about breast cancer awareness has to continue beyond this month.