Ashley Hastings-Robinson, MD, breast imaging fellow at UCSF, was first author of “The role of digital mammographic surveillance for detection of asymptomatic recurrence in autologous flap reconstructions” published in Clinical Imaging, along with authors Maggie Chung, MD, Jessica Hayward, MD, Kimberly Ray, MD, Elissa Price, MD, Ryan Navarro, MD, Breast Imaging Chief Bonnie Joe, MD, PhD, and faculty mentor Amie Lee, MD.
There has been a substantial rise in mastectomy rates for the treatment of breast cancer in the United States over the last decade. After mastectomy, there is still a low but existent risk of cancer recurrence. “There really is no consensus standard for screening this patient population for breast cancer. Screening practices therefore vary widely, and these patients do get asymptomatic breast cancer recurrences,” Hastings-Robinson noted. “We are happy…
