VIDEO: Lump In My Breast, What Do I Do Now? - Dr. Harness
Find out what to do if you discover a lump in your breast. Dr. Jay Harness introduces himself and explains what a woman should do if she finds a lump in her breast. Jay K. Harness, MD, is the Former President of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the Medical Director of the St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center.
Dr. Jay Harness:
I am Jay Harness, I am surgical oncologist, and I am a surgeon who specializes in benign and malignant diseases of the breast.
If you find a lump in your breast, the most important thing to do is to go and see your primary care physician promptly. Typically, the primary care physician will order a diagnostic mammogram, meaning there is something specifically wrong with the breast so that the radiologist can really focus on that area. Often that mammogram is combined with an ultrasound examination.
Things to be aware of are that digital mammograms are better than the older analog mammograms. Secondly, you do not need to worry about the radiation dose that you are getting. It's frankly smaller than if you get on an airplane and fly part way across the United States. Thirdly, and really importantly, a negative mammogram does not mean that you are okay. You may need to be referred onto a breast surgeon or you may need some sort of minimally invasive biopsy of that lump in your breast, but please remember that a negative mammogram does not rule out something bad in the breast.
Bio:
Jay K. Harness, MD, FACS is recognized nationally and internationally for his work in the fields of breast and endocrine surgery. Over his career, he has established three multi-disciplinary breast centers including the nation’s first academic multi-disciplinary at the University of Michigan in 1985. In 2003, Dr. Harness established the St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center in the city of Orange, California, which is, located Orange County. Over the years, Dr. Harness has held various academic appointments including at the University of Michigan where he attended medical school and did all of his surgical training as well as at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, the University of California, Davis, the University of California, San Francisco, and now currently at the University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Harness is the immediate past-President of The American Society of Breast Surgeons and is President-elect of Breast Surgery International. He has also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of The American Society of Breast Surgeons, Secretary-Treasurer and President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Dr. Harness is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of EmpowHer. He is well-published with 80 articles and book chapters in the medical literature. He has also been the lead editor of two textbooks: Breast Cancer-Collaborative Management (1988) and Ultrasound and Surgical practice: Basic Principles and Clinical Applications (2001).
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