Saving lives with the new breast cancer screening guidelines.

J Natl Med Assoc

Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Director, Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities, Vice-President Cancer Disparities, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, 116th President of the National Medical Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Published: August 2023

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