What are clinical notes and why should I be reading them?  Guest post by Liz Salmi / @TheLizArmy Editor’s note:  On Monday, February 26th, 2018, The Open Notes team will be joining the #BCSM Chat to discuss an important aspect of medical records: the physician’s notes.  As the #BCSM community looks to learn more about […]

19 December 2017 During the last chat of the year, we remembered and honored those who are no longer with us. In addition, #BCSM co-founder @stales reviewed the top breast cancer stories, from January through December. January: Third of Breast Cancer Patients Treated Unnecessarily February: Dense Breasts Eclipse All Other Known Breast Cancer Risk Factors […]

Dr. Shelley Hwang from Duke University spoke on DCIS subtyping and overtreatment. She noted that DCIS now comprises over 20% of all mammographically detected breast cancer. It is considered a “non-obligate precursor” of invasive cancer – the rate and likelihood of progression to invasive cancer are not clearly known. However, it is clear that some […]

This guest post is from Dr. Aleksandra Popadich.  Dr. Popadich came all the way to Las Vegas from New Zealand because she watched Dr. Attai’s tweets from the 2016 conference! Oncoplastic surgery is going to become a part of breast surgeon’s repertoire. The development of these skills will enable us to achieve good local control and […]