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Elaine Schattner

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The Case Against The Case Against Mammography

The Case Against The Case Against Mammography

MammaPrint, Agendia’s Breast Cancer Test, Is Having A U.S. Moment. Can It Reduce Overtreatment?

MammaPrint, Agendia’s Breast Cancer Test, Is Having A U.S. Moment. Can It Reduce Overtreatment?

Companion Diagnostics? For Cancer Care, We Need Better Ones

Companion Diagnostics? For Cancer Care, We Need Better Ones

Why Women And Doctors Need To Know More About DCIS

Why Women And Doctors Need To Know More About DCIS

How To Avoid Overdiagnosis And Overtreatment Of Breast Cancer

How To Avoid Overdiagnosis And Overtreatment Of Breast Cancer

Why Women Shouldn’t Cower To Concerns About Overdiagnosis Of Breast Cancer

Why Women Shouldn’t Cower To Concerns About Overdiagnosis Of Breast Cancer

Study Highlights Social Factors Affecting Breast Cancer Surgery

Study Highlights Social Factors Affecting Breast Cancer Surgery

Understanding Angelina Jolie Pitt’s Cancer Risk And Her Decision To Tell About It

Understanding Angelina Jolie Pitt’s Cancer Risk And Her Decision To Tell About It

Mandatory Reporting Of Breast Density In Screening Mammograms. Why The Controversy?

Mandatory Reporting Of Breast Density In Screening Mammograms. Why The Controversy?

It’s Not Just About Survival: Why Some Breast Cancer Patients Opt For Surgery on Both Sides

It’s Not Just About Survival: Why Some Breast Cancer Patients Opt For Surgery on Both Sides

Time for Informed Consent: The FDA Considers Risks of Power Morcellators in Fibroid Surgery

Time for Informed Consent: The FDA Considers Risks of Power Morcellators in Fibroid Surgery

We Need to Talk About the Costs of Cancer Treatment

We Need to Talk About the Costs of Cancer Treatment

JAMA Review on Mammography Points to the Need for Better Ways to Advise Women and Detect Breast Cancer

JAMA Review on Mammography Points to the Need for Better Ways to Advise Women and Detect Breast Cancer

Don’t Judge Her Don't Judge Her!

Don’t Judge Her

How Much Do You Want Your Doctors To Say About Risks of Treatment?

How Much Do You Want Your Doctors To Say About Risks of Treatment?

The Placebo Debate: Is It Unethical to Prescribe Them to Patients?

The Placebo Debate: Is It Unethical to Prescribe Them to Patients?

New Drugs, New Direction New Breast Cancer Drugs

New Drugs, New Direction

When ‘No’ Turns Positive in Medical Care and Education

When ‘No’ Turns Positive in Medical Care and Education

How to Avoid Death in the ICU

How to Avoid Death in the ICU

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