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Submit ReviewIt was an absolute honor speaking with Dr. Daniel Kopans, a pioneer in the field of breast imaging, about the importance of breast cancer screening for women in their 40s. Dr. Kopans has dedicated his career to improving mammography technology and has become one of the most outspoken defenders for breast cancer screening in young women.
In this conversation, we discuss how ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐. (and why 50 is a made up number). He alsoย breaks down myths over radiation risk, overdiagnosis, and the future breast imaging.ย
Dr. Kopans helped create the breast imaging subspecialty in the 1970s and is the founder of the Breast Imaging Division. Massachusetts General Hospital. Amongst his many accolades, he helped invent digital breast tomosynthesis, the needle localization procedure which made breast conservation therapy possible, and also wrote the book on breast imaging.ย
This is an incredibly important and informative conversation, and youโll understand breast cancer screening controversies (and why heโs the G.O.A.T. ๐)ย
Enjoy!
Robyn
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