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Ask a Breast Surgeon with Dr. Lucy De La Cruz
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Raina Patel sits down with Dr. Lucy De La Cruz, Chief of the Breast Surgery Program and Director of the Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Together they answer the questions women ask most about their breasts: when to start mammograms, what dense breasts really mean, which lumps and changes are usually benign, and what happens when something does need a closer look.
Dr. De La Cruz, who specializes in nipple-sparing mastectomy and the hidden scar technique, also breaks down the different types of breast…
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