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Spring Survey 2012 Results

Educating Yourself About Early Stage Breast Cancer

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62-year-old Mary Clingman, a labor and delivery nurse from Maple Valley, Washington had an intuition she would never develop breast cancer. So she wasn’t careful to get yearly mammograms. After a four year lapse a mammogram showed early stage breast cancer. She was terrified and immediately wanted both breasts removed. But a team of doctors at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington, a network member of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, patiently educated her as to the benefit of a more conservative option, lumpectomy followed by radiation and some reconstruction. In this Patient Power program Mary tells her story and we hear from a key member of her team, breast surgeon Dr. Kristi Harrington. Dr. Harrington explains the importance of a woman taking the time to make an educated decision.

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Kristi Harrington, M.D., Ph.D. Kristi Harrington, M.D., Ph.D.
Breast Surgeon, Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Kristi Harrington is a breast surgeon at Overlake Hospital Medical Center located in Bellevue, Washington.  She specializes in breast surgery with a special interest in breast cancer and benign breast disease.  Dr. Harrington is a board certified surgeon. more >

Mary Clingman,
Breast Cancer Survivor
Mary has been a labor and delivery nurse for 30 years.  Her intuition had always told her that she would never get breast cancer so she was not diligent about her yearly mammograms. During a routine mammogram in May of 2010 calcifications were found and she was referred to the Mammography Center at Overlake where she was subsequently diagnosed with... more >

TRANSCRIPT:

  1. Mary's Story LISTEN
  2. Understanding Treatment Decisions LISTEN
  3. A Multidisciplinary Team LISTEN
  4. Mammography & Screening LISTEN

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