Doctor speaks about breast health care

Juliette Funes

Mammography expert Laszlo Tabar spoke to about 150 students and teachers in the Titan Student Union about the improvements the next generation of physicians can make to early detection methods and to the breast health care field.

Tabar has read over one million mammography screenings since 1977.

He is the "world's foremost expert on mammography … and set it [mammography] as a gold standard for early detection," said Sora Tanjasiri, an associate professor of health science. In the 1970s when mammography was introduced, Tabar and other researchers held an experiment with women 40 years old and older.

They found advanced cancer was reduced when it was found at a very early stage because of screening. Those without screenings had a higher mortality rate.

source: dailytitan.com