"Mammography alone is not adequate screening for women with dense breasts" says ACS' @billdahutmd. I joined in @CBSNews piece sharing my story, the fight for "density" inform and info on supplemental screening to Find It Early: cbsnews.com/newyork/live/vid…
Congratulations to Dr. Wendie Berg who has been honored with the Dr. Bernard F. Fisher Chair for Breast Cancer Clinical Science award! @JulesSumkin@VikasAgarwalMD
Read this *slowly*: “We are harming women if we don’t use knowledge we already have; there are women every day who could have had their cancer found earlier,” from DBI’s @DrWendieBerg in @EUSOBIyc interview.
Fight for the FDA national dense breast reporting standard was a @Newsday cover story yesterday! Hearing from many women with stories like my own of missed cancers due to density. Great piece by reporter @lisalcolangelo.
NEWS! The FDA has announced a new national requirement for breast density reporting to both patients and referring health providers. A long haul for dense breast inform advocates. More: densebreast-info.org/legisla…
Last night 2 Bulldogs squared off in the 2nd round of the NCAA D 3 tournament. Devin Cheaney ‘20 (Hope College) played Eric Peterson ‘18 (Wisconsin Oshkosh). Great game with Oshkosh getting a 1pt win. Great to see both guys. @d_cheanz40@epete11_@UWOMBB @Hope_Basketball
Day 20 after #COVID diagnosis. Almost recovered. SpO2 96%. #POCUS update: Significant improvement, remains thick pleura & B-lines. Yesterday tested NEGATIVE. I will try update a lung scan every week. FINALLY, I am returning to the TRENCHES💪. #mycoviddiary@TomasVillen@acam_acam
ASTRO applauds Dr. Ned Sharpless (@nes047) for his efforts to ensure the public's health and safety while serving as the acting @FDACommissioner and we look forward to working with him again upon his return to @NCI.
Kicking off #ASTRO2019 by listening to @vinaigondi and Jeff Zagoudis of @itnEditor discuss Dr. Gondi’s presentation re: the preservation of neurocognitive function & patient-reported symptoms w/hippocampal avoidance during whole-brain radiotherapy for brain mets. @ChicagoProton
Upcoming radiology recruitment challenges:
🔘Radiology must be more visible as a career option
🔘Recruit more underrepresented minorities
🔘Focus recruitment efforts on interventional radiology
🔘Develop more female leaders
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