Judy Peres

After two decades in which breast-conserving surgery was the preferred option for women with early breast cancer, mastectomy rates are on the rise. This trend, fueled both by fear of...

As lawmakers around the country rush to enact legislation requiring providers to notify women if their screening mammograms find dense breast tissue, doctors remain at a loss, unsure how to...

In cancer, as in other areas of medicine, early detection can save lives. But the screening tests used to find early tumors also detect disease that would never cause problems...