I suppose an easy answer is – when you want one. I think the two most common reasons patients get second opinions are (1) to gather information and see if the recommendation one doctor makes is similar to another, and (2) to find a doctor they feel comfortable with. The second reason is equally important as the first – if... Read more
As a medical oncologist, I recently met with a breast cancer patient and her breast surgeon to determine the best course of treatment for her. During our conversations, the surgeon and I discussed whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy, or chemotherapy before breast surgery, is appropriate for her. The traditional treatment route is for chemotherapy... Read more
Our annual meeting is this weekend, so I hope to have some good news regarding breast cancer treatment in future posts. I also have a backlog of questions that I will answer from readers – please keep those coming.More importantly, I wanted to make sure you knew about two disconcerting bits of cancer news, which have made their way to... Read more
Dr. Ravdin et al published a very impressive article in this week's New England Journal of Medicine on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use and breast cancer rates.
They showed that the incidence (number of new cases) of breast cancer decreased in women who were 50 years of age or older from 2002 through the end of 2004.
They tie... Read more
I read
with interest the article “Influence of
Computer-Aided Detection on Performance of Screening Mammography,”
published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine. The
short of it would be that using computer-aided detection did NOT increase the
accuracy of mammograms.
I’ve
actually had conversations... Read more
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