This All-Female Practice Is Transforming Breast Cancer Treatment and Surgery

When Christie Miller, creator of the Christie Crushed Cancer blog , first received her breast cancer diagnosis, she consulted with—and promptly fired—three male surgeons. She felt as if her health and cosmetic concerns were being diminished due to implicit gender biases, a sentiment shared by many other breast cancer patients who have been told that what they want is impractical, impossible, or simply doesn’t matter by the very people tasked with keeping them healthy and alive. It’s what Miller describes as “a standard of scare instead of a standard of care.” When her primary care doctor finally referred her to… Read Full Article