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| Senator Farnese was joined at the news conference by Dr. Gordon F. Schwartz (Director, Jefferson Breast Care Center), Leslie Stiles (Executive Director, PA Commission for Women and Breast Cancer Survivor), Dr. Barbara C. Cavanaugh (Director of Breast Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital), and Elizabeth Goldfield (Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Breast Cancer Survivor). |
Senator Farnese discussed with the crowd his family's own fight with cancer and the importance of early detection in his father's survival.
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Dr. Barbara C. Cavanuagh, Director of Breast Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discussed the importance of mammography in the early detection of breast cancer.
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Dr. Jennifer Chalfin Simmons, Director Breast Health Program, Aria Health Care System, discussed the importance of mammograms and explained why these new recommendations would put women at greater risk.
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