Medical Team Makes a House Call to Rwandans

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May 1, 2011

Dr. R. Scott Rushing, gynecologic oncologist, and Caroline Fung, physician assistant, at Compass Oncology, were featured in an article about their recent rip to Ginsenyi, Rwanda in April.  With their help, physicians in the small town now have the knowledge and supplies to see and treat cervical cancer which is the No. 1 lethal cancer in Rwanda.  In a week the medical team screened about 80 women and treated 18 who tested positive for precancerous cells.

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