>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IT’S 15 MINUTES AFTER 8 O’CLOCK ON THIS THURSDAY MORNING ALL THIS MONTH
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BREAST
CANCER WITH LOCAL ONCOLOGIST
DOCTOR
SCOT ACKERMAN IT’S BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH SO EACH
WEEK DOCTOR ACKERMAN WILL JOIN
US TO DISCUSS A BREAST CANCER
DIAGNOSIS SYMPTOMS AND
TREATMENT TODAY WE’RE FOCUSING
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SCREENING.
DOCTOR ACKERMAN JOINS US NOW
VIA ZOOM GOOD
MORNING, DOC.
>> GOOD MORNING. JEN HOW ARE
YOU TODAY, SO WE KNOW THAT
PEOPLE ARE NERVOUS ABOUT
COVID-19 MAY BE KIND OF PUTTING
OFF THEIR YEARLY CHECKUPS WOULD
YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A DELAY IN
BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS COULD
MEAN FOR SOMEONE’S LONG-TERM
SURVIVAL RATE.
>> SO WE’RE VERY
CONCERNED AS AN APOLOGIST ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF THE OF THE
PANDEMIC AND THE IMPACT THIS
CAN HAVE A
CANCER PATIENTS. SO GENERALLY
RECOMMEND BREAST CANCER
SCREENING AND CALL AGAIN SCREEN
HISTORY IN GENERAL. TO BE DONE
TO REGULAR BASIS. IN THE
2 CANCER SCREENING IS MOST
IMPORTANT IS BREAST CANCER AND
COLON CANCER. IT WAS AN SS
MINUS DURING
THE PANDEMIC THIS IS THE FIRST
4 MONTHS OF 6 OR 7 MONTHS OUT
YES. THERE REALLY WAS A FREEZE
A LOT OF THE SCREENINGS THAT
FREEZE AND SCREENINGS BECAUSE
OF SHUTDOWNS AND BECAUSE OF
HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS, ETCETERA
ETCETERA HAVE TO LAY.
SCREENINGS AND IT SAID WOMEN
AND REMEMBER HIM SON ANNUALLY
AS WE RECOMMEND THERE’S BEEN
PUSHED BACK A BIT AND WE’RE
CONCERNED AS AN COLLEGES THAT
DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS IS GOING
TO YIELD. EXCESSIVE FROM
BREAST CANCER AND WENT TO WENT
TO THE SCENE OF
THE WEST.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO IT’S
INTERESTING TOO BECAUSE YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE SOME
STATS ON 5 YEAR SURVIVAL RATE
AS
AN EXAMPLE WITH EARLY DIAGNOSIS
AND AND CATCHING IT
UNFORTUNATELY NOT AS SOON AS
YOU COULD THROUGH A YEARLY
SCREENING.
>> SO YEARLY SCREENINGS HELP US
DINERS CANCERS BEFORE THEY
BECOME PALPABLE AND BEFORE THEY
SPREAD BREAST CANCERS.
WE KNOW IF WE CAN DIAGNOSE
BREAST CANCER BEFORE IT WAS SO
CLOSE TO THE BREAST. THE 5 OR
SO THERE ARE SURVIVAL RATE
IS OVER 91%, OF THE 2%
SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE.
BUT IF THE BREAST CANCER
DIAGNOSED WITH ALL RESPECT TO
OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY.
THE 5 YEAR SURVIVAL RATE IS
ONLY ABOUT 27%. IT’S A
BIG DIFFERENCE. SO THAT SO WITH
THIS AND JUST UNDER ESTIMATING
THIS DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS.
WE’LL AND A HIGHER PROPORTION
OF DISPROPORTIONATE ARE WOMEN.
THE DINOSAUR DANCE
STAGE CANCER. AND THE
PREDICTION IS THAT OVER THE
NEXT 10 YEARS WE 5,000
ADDITIONAL DOES A BRISK IN DUE
TO BREAST CANCER THAT WOULD
THAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE IF WE
WERE DOING BREAST CANCER
SCREENINGS, WHAT A REGULAR
BASIS
WITHOUT THIS.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: ON US DUCK
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN YOUR
EXPERIENCE YOU KNOW TO PERHAPS
ALLAY THE CONCERNS OF WOMEN WHO
ARE WATCHING
THIS MORNING. WITH YOU KNOW
DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS PLACES WHERE
THEY WOULD GO TO GET THEIR
YEARLY SCREENING IN TERMS OF
SAFETY. WHEN IT COMES TO
PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19.
>> SO US THAT WE AS PHYSICIANS
AND HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL
CENTERS. WE’RE KEENLY AWARE
IMPORT SCREENING
KEENLY AWARE. CAUTIONS FOR
VIRUS CAUTIONS WITH THE DURING
THE PANDEMIC WE KNOW
INFECTIONS, WE KNOW
TRANSMISSIBILITY AND WE HAVE IN
PLACE IN ALL OF THIS AND ALL
THE TOO
REMINDER FEE. WE HAVE IN PLACE
SOME PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE. SO HOSPITALS AND
OFFICES, I KNOW IN MY OFFICE
WE HAVE WE DO WE’RE SO WE’RE
DOING SCREENING OF PATIENTS
WHEN THEY COME IN. WE’RE
LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
IN THE BUILDING. ALL OF THE
STAFF WEAR MASKS, ALL THE STAFF
ARE TESTED FOR COVID ON A
FAIRLY REGULAR BASES ON THE
PATIENTS REQUIRED TO WEAR
MASKS. SO IT’S REALLY A VERY
SAFE PLACE. IT’S MUCH SAFER.
I COULD KNOWLEDGE IN
SUPERMARKET OR OR THE
DEPARTMENT STORE SO THAT’S
THAT’S YOU KNOW PEOPLE USE THAT
ANALOGY ALL THE TIME. BUT IT
IS TRUE. THE IN PHYSICIANS
OFFICES, WE KNOW WE
KNOW SAFETY WHEN OF CLEANLINESS
NEW INFECTION AND WE AND WE
HAVE IN PLACE PROCEDURES TO
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND SHOULD PUT
UP THE SCREENING, THINKING THAT
YOU MAY GET INFECTED IN
POSITIONS OFFICE SAY THIS WAS