Major Changes Urged for Cancer Screening and Treatment
UCSF Breastcare Surgery - July 23, 2013
UCSF News reports on the recommendations of an NCI scientific panel chaired by Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, Professor of Surgery and Radiology and Director, UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, to reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
To address the growing problem of people being overdiagnosed and overtreated for cancer, a group of scientists convened by the National Cancer Institute and chaired by a UC San Francisco breast cancer expert is proposing a major update of the way the nation approaches diseases now classified as "cancer."
The "Viewpoint" article was published online [...]