Items Tagged ‘#Dr. Deborah Rhodes’
October 15, 2018
Personalized screening: finding and treating breast cancer sooner
By Sharon Rosen 
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to reflect on new, individualized approaches to detecting and treating a cancer that affects 1 in 8 American women. Deborah Rhodes, M.D. and her Mayo Clinic colleagues are working to identify the best targeted screening tools and guidelines for women with a higher risk of developing breast […]
Tags: #breast cancer screening, #dense breast tissue, #Dr. Deborah Rhodes, #Dr. Michael O'Connor, #Dr. Myra Wick, #molecular breast imaging, 3-D mammograms, breast cancer, breast density, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Carrie Hruska, mayo clinic
May 23, 2017
By Sharon Rosen
A picture is worth a thousand words. While that saying may be true, for the more than 50 percent of all women who have dense breast tissue, a picture from traditional, 2-D mammography may not tell the full story about whether they have breast cancer. “Breast density is like the wolf in sheep’s clothing. Both […]
Tags: #breast cancer screening, #dense breast tissue, #Dr. Deborah Rhodes, #MBI, #molecular breast imaging, #personalized therapies, #tomosynthesis, 2-D mammograms, 3-D mammograms, breast cancer, breast density, center for individualized medicine