The Breast Cancer Wake-Up Call
A breast cancer diagnosis can be scary. But with today’s medical advancements, rates of survival are very high and recurrence figures are low. Breast surgeon Elisa Port, MD, guides her patients through multifaceted treatment and helps them make positive lifestyle changes to improve their outcomes
[00:00:00] Stephen Calabria: From the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, this is Road to Resilience, a podcast about facing adversity. I'm your host Stephen Calabria, Mount Sinai's Director of Podcasting.
[00:00:12] On today's episode we welcome Dr. Elisa Port, MD, FACS. Dr. Port is the director of the Dubin Breast Center, a global leader in the screening, treatment, and survivorship of breast cancer.
[00:00:24] She is also the Chief of Breast Surgery at the Mount Sinai Health System, and the author of the New Generation Breast Cancer Book: How to Navigate Your Diagnosis and Treatment, and Remain Optimistic in the Age of Information Overload.
[00:00:40] Dr. Port discusses the latest research into breast cancer treatment, how patients navigate the most challenging circumstances following a diagnosis, and the resilience lessons her patients continuously have to offer. We're honored to welcome Dr. Elisa Port to the show.
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[00:00:56] Stephen Calabria: Dr. Elisa Port, welcome to Road to Resilience.
[00:01:01] Dr. Elisa Port: Thank you. Happy to be here.
[00:01:02] Stephen Calabria: You are the director of the Dubin Breast Center of the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai. Could you share a little bit about what it is that your center does?
[00:01:11] Dr. Elisa Port: Sure. My center and in fact all of Mount Sinai, because we have a number of other centers where people can go and get comprehensive breast health care does just that.
[00:01:22] Of course, we're very focused on the treatment and cure of breast cancer. That's our number one priority, but we also see patients who are at high risk for breast cancer.
[00:01:33] Or, who have other breast related health issues. What we do in our centers is what a lot of people don't realize, is that breast health can involve a lot of different components.