Benjamin C. Calhoun and Chad A. Livasy (2014) Mitigating Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Breast Cancer: What Is the Role of the Pathologist?. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: November 2014, Vol. 138, No. 11, pp. 1428-1431.
EDITORIALS
Benjamin C. Calhoun, MD, PhD, MBA; Chad A. Livasy, MD
"When patients better understand the risk associated with their particular breast cancer precursor lesion, they can more carefully weigh the risks and benefits of interventions designed to prevent a future invasive carcinoma."
From the Department of Pathology, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina (Drs Calhoun and Livasy); and the Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Dr Livasy). Dr Calhoun is now with the Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
"When patients better understand the risk associated with their particular breast cancer precursor lesion, they can more carefully weigh the risks and benefits of interventions designed to prevent a future invasive carcinoma."
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