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special clinical section: ONCOLOgy subuhee hussain, mD, and afshan malik, mD, members of White Plains hospital Physician associates Cancer and Blood specialists of new york, confer about a difficult patient case. from hormonal manipulation alone. This is part of personalized medicine, wherein each patient's case is analyzed to help guide their care based on the genetics of their cancer." sar a sadan , m d A FAMILIAr FACE in medical oncology in White Plains for many years, Dr. sadan Breast Cancer Care: A Center for Women's Health A recent survey of 10,000 women showed that most have an inaccurate understanding of their breast cancer risk. At the most extreme, about 200 women believed their lifetime risk to be more than 90 percent and around 2,000 women guessed their lifetime risk at less than 1 percent. As Director of Breast Cancer and Women's Medical Oncology, Dr. Sadan sees the screening mammogram, typically a focal point of women's health care, as "the foot in the door to all-around health" and patient education. The breast cancer screening and treatment model includes education about risk factors, healthy living and other disease screenings. "Women take their knowledge into their family lives and educate younger generations about topics including smoking cessation, alcohol use, obesity control and physical activity," Dr. Sadan says. "Women also learn how important it is to understand their genetics and family history and begin educating themselves about their ethnic background and family risks." For those who receive a diagnosis, though, the focus shifts. "When you are the patient, your first priority is your treatment needs," Dr. Sadan says. "Patients have told me the experience of being diagnosed is like an atomic bomb has gone off inside of them." Most women with a new diagnosis of breast cancer are cured. The difficulty is in identifying those who will need closer monitoring and treatments. Surrounded by caring physicians, nurses and other technicians, these patients will have access to a host of advanced modalities, including genetic counseling, personalized therapies has deep experience in breast and other women's cancers. her philosophy of care embraces attention to the whole patient, including general health and well-being, advanced personalized treatments, and survivorship. + Administrative posts: Founder of Oncology and hematology (now part of White Plains hospital Physician associates); Director of Breast Cancer and Women's medical Oncology, White Plains hospital + Medical school: the hadassah medical school, israel + Internship: st. Luke's-Roosevelt hospital Center + Fellowships: memorial sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (endocrine biochemistry, cutaneous cell biology, medical oncology and hematology) + Clinical and research interests: Breast cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer 18 | Mid Hudson MD News ■ MDNEWs.COM as Director of Clinical Research at Dickstein Cancer treatment Center, Julie monroe, mD, is extremely active in cancer research studies. here, she reviews data from a recent trial.

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