In an interview with USA Today, Lauren Friedlander, MD, discusses the FDA's new requirements that providers inform patients about their breast density during mammograms.
Breast density awareness is linked to heightened uncertainty about cancer risk and screening choices among Spanish-speaking women in Northern Manhattan, according to a study led by Parisa Tehranifar.
Dawn Hershman, MD, MS, joined the faculty at CUIMC in 2001, but her Columbia career dates back to 1994, when she started her residency at the College of Physicians & Surgeons (now VP&S).
Congratulations to Dr. Xuebing Wu, who was just named a 2020 Pew-Stewart Scholar for innovative cancer research by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust.
Data reported by HICCC researchers at ASCO concluded more frequent mammographic screening among early-stage breast cancer patients might not confer additional benefit at the expense of potential harm.