This Breast Health Resource Center brings together Dr. Goldstein’s articles and videos on mammography, breast cancer screening and prevention, breast cancer risk, hormone therapy and other issues affecting breast health. Drawing on decades of caring for women, Dr. Goldstein shares these resources to help patients better understand evolving research and screening recommendations so they can make informed decisions about their breast health.
Breast health is an essential part of a woman’s lifelong health care, and Dr. Steven R. Goldstein places particular emphasis on high-quality breast imaging and early detection. He stresses that mammography is not simply a test—the quality of the equipment and the expertise of those performing and interpreting the study can make an important difference.
As part of annual exams, Dr Goldstein, the best obgyn in Manhattan, recommends that women have a mammogram as part of their exam and to monitor their breast health. However, Mammography is only as good as the equipment employed and...
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Last week, Jane Brody, in her column, wrote about screening for breast cancer and early detection with mammograms as well as the confusion about who should get mammograms and at what frequency. This week, as the second of a two-part...
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There was an article in yesterday’s New York Times by Jane Brody entitled, “Older Women, Mammograms and Confusion.” I’ve always enjoyed reading Jane Brody as I usually find her to be extremely on point and accurate. However, I found this...
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To my patients, In last week’s Science Times, the weekly column on personal health by Jane Brody was entitled, “A New Focus Turns to Preventing Breast Cancer.” I have tremendous respect for Jane Brody and almost always agree with what...
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03/18/2015 Once again, there is an article on the front page of the NY Times, which I feel mandates some commentary by me. And once again, I have gone back to the original article, which appears in the current issue...
Read More2/12/2014 In today’s New York Times on the front page there is an article about a long-term Canadian study involving mammographic screening for breast cancer. It looked at over 90,000 women randomized to get mammographic screening vs. those who only...
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04/16/2013 In today’s New York Times (Tuesday April 16, 2013) there’s an article by Denise Grady which reports recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) who published a draft form of their recommendations for public comment concerning...
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