Dr. Rachel Brem and Liz Lord, both breast cancer survivors, co-authored this piece on why mammograms are vital and how GW is bringing them directly to patients.
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Every year, thousands of women make an appointment for a mammogram, taking an important step to protect their health. According to Sora Ely, MD, a thoracic surgeon at the GW Cancer Center, that same visit is also an opportunity to discuss lung cancer screening.
With a six-year F99/K00 award from the National Cancer Institute, Trace Walker investigates how hidden regions of the genome — called transposable elements — could make ovarian tumors more visible to the immune system and open new doors for treatment.
When Emily Chiang scheduled her annual mammogram in December 2020, she expected it to be like every other year — quick, routine, and reassuring. For more than two decades, she had faithfully visited the GW Medical Faculty Associates Breast Imaging Center, always leaving with a clean bill of health…