SCCA Mammography In The News
Dr. Constance Lehman, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Breast Imaging at SCCA led research that showed MRIs find more cancers in the other, or contralateral, breast of women newly diagnosed with the disease in one breast than mammography and clinical exams do. From this research, she co-authored new American Cancer Society guidelines regarding when women at high risk for breast cancer should have annual MRI scans in addition to annual mammograms.
In July 2007, Dr. Lehman won the Ladies Home Journal Breakthrough Award.
Watch a KOMO-TV interview with Dr. Lehman.
Breast cancer screening in community practices may be different from that in clinical trials. Read more on this topic and Dr. Lehman's studies published in the Journal if American Medical Association.
