Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

 

Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda.  This show is a window into the latest innovations in digital health and the changing dynamic between doctors and patients.

Topics on the show include

  • the emergence of precision medicine and breakthroughs in genomics
  • advances in biopharmaceuticals
  • age-related diseases and aging in place
  • using big data from wearables and sensors
  • transparency in the medical marketplace
  • challenges for connected health entrepreneurs

The audience includes researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, solution providers, students, journalists, and investors.

Apr 1, 2020

Dr. Andrea Madrigrano is a general surgeon with an expertise in breast cancer at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.  She shares her concern about the high rate of re-excision, the need for a second operation, after a lumpectomy to save the breast with early-stage cancer.  Dr. Madrigrano discusses how the Kubtec Mozart 3D tomosynthesis unit allows surgeons to make more informed decisions in near real time cutting re-excision rates in half.

#breastcancer #cancer #KubtecMozart #lumpectomy

@madrigrano_am

Download the transcript here