Radiologists Identify Breast Cancer for Surgery

Description: From www.beetmedicine.tv It was always a surgeon who felt a lump, did a biopsy and found the breast cancer. Dr. Swisteol, a breast surgeon, tells us how this has changed. Now, it is usually a radiologist doing a routine screening mammogram who detects the tumor and also does a biopsy. Dr. Kathy Plesser, a breast radiologist, describes the activist role of the radiologist, why mammography is not perfect and the use of sonography and MRI . -- Peter Pressman, MD About our interviewees: ...