Massive study launched to test personalized approach to breast cancer screening | University of California

Massive study launched to test personalized approach to breast cancer screening | University of California

Massive study launched to test personalized approach to breast cancer screening

UC DavisWednesday, July 26, 2017

Credit: Susan Merrell/UCSF

Laura Esserman, professor of surgery and director of the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, is leading the new Women Informed to Screen Depending on Measures of Risk (WISDOM) study.

Sorting out when or whether to get mammograms can be perplexing for any woman, and a health provider’s advice may not settle the matter. That’s because even experts disagree about when screening mammography is appropriate and for whom.