New technology improving surgery outcomes for breast cancer victims

Monday, October 14, 2019
New technology improving surgery outcomes for breast cancer victims
Episode 253: segment 3 Dr. Roshini Rao sits down with Sandra Bookman to discuss new technology that may reduce re-excision rates after a lumpectomy

New York, NY -- October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and according to the American Cancer Society, New York is one of the states with the highest breast cancer incidence rates. Every year 15 thousand New Yorkers are diagnosed with breast cancer. And nearly three-thousand die from the disease. Today we're taking a look at new, 3D technology that may lower the need for re-operations, reducing re-excision rates after a lumpectomy is performed.

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