COV ER
FE AT UR E
B
R E A S T C A N CE R I S t he most
dreaded diagnosis for women.
W it h e a rly dete c t ion a nd
conf inement to t he brea st,
however, its five-year survival rate is
97 percent.
In the past five years, the guidelines
for annual mammograms for women
in their 40s have been contradictory.
The United States Preventive Services
Task Force's g uidelines from 2009
recommend against annual screening
mammography for women in that age
group while the A merica n Ca ncer
Society, American College of Radiology
and other professional societies recom-
mend annual exams beginning at age 40.
MD News asked four breast health
specia lists at Universit y Hospita ls
(UH) Case Medical Center Seidman
Ca ncer Center to discuss this a nd
other current topics related to breast
health. Included in the discussion were
Donna Plecha, MD, Division Chief of
Mammography and Director of Breast
Imaging; Robert Shenk, MD, Director
of Breast Surgery; Paula Silverman, MD
C l i n ic a l D i re c tor, Bre a st C a ncer
Program; and Jill Dietz, MD, UH Breast
Centers Operations Director.
Screening Remains Beneficial
Researchers from UH Case Medical
Center a nd Ca se Western Reser ve
University School of Medicine pub-
lished new findings in the Februar y
Breast Cancer —
UPDATES FROM THE SPECIALISTS AT
UH SEIDMAN CANCER CENTER
Dr. Donna Plecha, a radiologist, is Director of Breast Imaging, and Dr. Robert Shenk, a surgical oncologist, is Director of Breast Surgery at UH Seidman Cancer Center.
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