Screening becomes more important the older you get because your risk keeps going up, says Julie R. Gralow, MD, the director of breast medical oncology at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
"We can now say that the ethical dilemma has been eliminated," said Dr. Richard Theriault, a professor of medicine in the department of breast medical oncology at M. D. Anderson, who presented the findings at an American Medical Association news briefing in Manhattan recently.
(There is no subspecialty within the field of medical oncology for board certification in breast oncology, however.)
Julie R. Gralow, MD, is director of breast medical oncology at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Looking older Skin takes a hit due to the withdrawal of estrogen, says Jennifer Litton, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the department of breast medical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
"Every advance we've made has been directly as a result of clinical trials," said Sister Mary Andrew's physician, Dr. Charles Shapiro, the director of breast medical oncology at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University.
"It may be hormonally related," says Jennifer Litton, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the department of breast medical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
"If you're positive for both, we know you will be much more responsive to anti-estrogen therapy," says Julie R. Gralow, MD, director of breast medical oncology at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
"You're looking at the tumor and the patient both come into play," says Julie R. Gralow, MD, director of breast medical oncology at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Thermology has some recognized applications in breast oncology, chiropractic, dentistry, neurology, orthopedics, occupational medicine, pain management, vascular medicine/cardiology and veterinary medicine.