October 5, 2021
All women face the risk of breast cancer. But with early detection and diagnosis, the chance of beating breast cancer is greater than 90 percent. For Black women especially, early detection and diagnosis are critical.
February 10, 2021
The message to go for an annual breast cancer screening is one that needs to go to every woman in every community. That’s happening at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ (WCM) with the leadership of Vivian Jolley Bea, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery-Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University.
December 31, 2020
Women with a history of breast cancer are living longer--and better. In the United States alone, there are more than 3 million breast cancer survivors. When ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ (WCM) and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital looked at the trend--and its own care resources—they asked what the medical community is doing to support those longtime survivors. The answer? Establishing the Iris Cantor Breast Cancer Survivorship Program, which offers medical care, education, and support to survivors.
December 28, 2020
Lisa Newman, M.D. and Vivian Bea, M.D. discuss the importance of early detection and diagnosis for breast cancer within minority populations. They focus on why there is such a disparity in access to care and how to close those that gap. They discuss the integrative cancer care approach at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, including clinical guidance and educational resources to help spread awareness of the risks of breast cancer.
October 20, 2020
The breast surgeons at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ are never fully satisfied. They thrive on new opportunity, innovation, and flexibility to combat breast cancer. And they collaborate closely with the specialists that make their work possible—in medical oncology, radiology, and plastic surgery—helped patients medically, made them happier, and, most important, made survivorship possible.
