FEATURED, Opinion, Research, Imaging
Does MRI Offer Any Advantage Over Breast Tomography with Ultrasound when Screening for Breast Cancer?
Breast MRI is an accepted screening modality in genetically high-risk women and those whose calculated risk is high, as well as in women with dense breast tissu...
Should Breast Surgery Be Its Own Medical Specialty?
TME Breast Care Network doctor Peter Beitsch was one of the doctors discussing whether or not breast cancer surgery should be a specialty of general surgery. In...
Borderline ER-Positive Primary Breast Cancer Gains No Significant Survival Benefit from Endocrine Therapy
Endocrine responsiveness of primary breast cancers with borderline ER (1%-9%) is unclear. Both ASCO and College 0f American Pathologists recommend that ER be de...
Encrypt Your DNA?
James Watson (yes double helix guy) was the first to have his entire DNA sequenced and he released it to the public. Well almost all of it, he withheld the APO...
Why John West M.D. is Passionate about Starting Mammography at "40not50"
BreastCareNetwork interviewed Breastlink founder Dr. John West about controversial breast screening guidelines and his ambitious new book aimed at providing all...
Alan Hollingsworth: Precision Medicine Plagued by Polysemy
Don’t fret. I had to look it up, too. Polysemy is the association of one word with two or more distinct meanings. Monosemy is a one-to-one match between a word ...
Farewell Pluto – Farewell LCIS: LCIS will cease to be "cancer" on New Year’s Day, by Alan Hollingsworth M.D.
Poor LCIS. Downgraded. Belittled. Banished to revolve around the internet forever, with no respect and no identity. Not even a proper name. No more Stage 0. At ...
FEATURED, Genetics, Opinion, Risk Assessment
A National Cancer Genetic Screening Program – The Time Has Come
Ian Grady MD, Editorial, June 2017
Pre-op Breast MRI: New study shows benefit at the same time ASBrS issues new policy
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