Here is what looks to me like a "smoking gun." Once the shock has worn off, my memory cells started working. I heard Dr. Love talk about the "intraductal approach" to breast cancer at San Antonio in 2004. Then I received an oversized brochure announcing the 3rd or 4th Annual Breast Cancer Intraductal Approach Symposium. From one of her organizations.
Anyone who says she does not stand to benefit by a change in the way breast screenings and diagnostics are done, should take a look (emphasis is mine):
Meeting report
State of the Science and the Intraductal Approach for Breast Cancer: Proceedings Summary of The Sixth International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach To Breast Cancer Santa Monica, California, 19–21 February 2009
Susan Rochman1
,
Dixie Mills1
,
Julian Kim2
,
Henry Kuerer3
and
Susan Love1
1Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2Case School of Medicine and University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, USA
3MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
BMC Proceedings 2009,
3(Suppl 5)
:I1doi:10.1186/1753-6561-3-S5-I1
Published:24 July 2009
Abstract
Researchers are using the intraductal approach to
advance breast cancer risk assessment, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Procedures and technologies that can access and interrogate the ductal-alveolar systems include nipple aspiration, ductal lavage and ductoscopy. Ductoscopic papillectomy, ductoscopic margin evaluation, and intraductal therapy are considered promising investigational and innovative treatments. These techniques are used to explore the biology of the normal breast; collect and analyze breast fluid and cells to identify biomarkers that can be used in breast cancer detection and risk assessment; and to identify new ways to find and administer therapeutic and/or preventive agents to the breast tissue. This report summarizes the latest research findings in these areas, presented at The 6th International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer in 2009.
Maybe this will be a better way to work with breast issues, but IF it is so great and revolutionary, why is it taking so long to get approved and into mainstream use??
Perhaps by supporting the Preventative Task Force's latest guidelines, she is helping open the door to a rush in getting something she is involved in approved. Just speculating here, but I foresee SOMEONE riding into this gap with shining armor blinding the truth.