207. Approach to Breast Lumps

By the mid-19th century, improvements in illumination and optics transformed endoscopy from a theoretical idea into a practical clinical tool, culminating in Antoine Jean Desormeaux's work in Paris in 1853. Building on Bozzini's Lichtleiter and frustrated by diagnostic limits of ...  Show more

In 1806, physician Philipp Bozzini introduced the Lichtleiter, a candle-lit, mirror-lined instrument designed for direct visual inspection of internal organs—an idea far ahead of its time and initially met with skepticism. Though dismissed by many contemporaries, the device is no ...  Show more

I am so grateful to Dr. Anne Peled for coming on the show to share her story and expertise on breast cancer. She explains how to do a self-exam at home, tells us the warning signs to be aware of, shares what we can do to reduce our risk of breast cancer, and so much more. Dr. Pel ...  Show more

While you are likely aware of BRCA mutations as a significant risk factor for development of breast cancer (60-80% lifetime risk), there are many other pathogenic gene variants that have been identified in recent years. The surgical treatment of women with hereditary breast cance ...  Show more

The potential downsides of breast implant surgery are not widely discussed and therefore are often overlooked. Breast augmentation surgery can lead to the onset of a range of health issues, including fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, depressio ...

Ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, is a precursor lesion to invasive breast cancer; however, not all DCIS becomes invasive cancer. Given our inability to accurately determine which DCIS lesions will progress, current clinical management consists of surgical resection for everyone ...  Show more