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For Marnee Spierer, MD, fighting breast cancer is more than a job. It’s also a family legacy that’s impacted at least three generations of the women in her family. So, when her sister became the latest to be diagnosed with the disease, Dr. Spierer—Radiation Oncologist and Chief of Staff and Chief of Radiation Oncology at Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), Phoenix—was faced with some very personal decisions. In today’s episode of Focus on Cancer, Dr. Spierer joins our host, Pat Basu, MD, MBA, President and CEO of CTCA®, to talk about her experience with genetic testing and counseling, what led her to decide to undergo a prophylactic mastectomy and learning firsthand—as an oncologist and a woman—about the importance of managing your risk of cancer.
For Marnee Spierer, MD, fighting breast cancer is more than a job. It’s also a family legacy that’s impacted at least three generations of the women in her family. So, when her sister became the latest to be diagnosed with the disease, Dr. Spierer—Radiation Oncologist and Chief of Staff and Chief of Radiation Oncology at Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), Phoenix—was faced with some very personal decisions. In today’s episode of Focus on Cancer, Dr. Spierer joins our host, Pat Basu, MD, MBA, President and CEO of CTCA®, to talk about her experience with genetic testing and counseling, what led her to decide to undergo a prophylactic mastectomy and learning firsthand—as an oncologist and a woman—about the importance of managing your risk of cancer.