What stage is my breast cancer? Watch Dr. Jay Harness, President American Society of Breast Surgeons. St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center as he explains.
Dr. Jay Harness:
The power of the internet and the knowledge that is out there patients walk in today better prepared than they have ever been to talk about their cancer. With that knowledge they know about the staging systems. Stage 0 is the earliest kind of in-situ cancer although way up to stage 4 where the cancer has gone elsewhere in the body. So, one of the questions asked commonly, "Doctor what stage is my cancer?" That is part of the empowerment we want patients to have. We want them to be able to talk comfortably in the language that we use. But they also want to know, "Where am I right now?" and potentially "Where am I going?” and “What is the stage of my cancer?"
Bio:
Jay K. Harness, MD, FACS is recognized nationally and internationally for his work in the fields of breast and endocrine surgery. Over his career, he has established three multi-disciplinary breast centers including the nation’s first academic multi-disciplinary at the University of Michigan in 1985. In 2003, Dr. Harness established the St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center in the city of Orange, California, which is, located Orange County. Over the years, Dr. Harness has held various academic appointments including at the University of Michigan where he attended medical school and did all of his surgical training as well as at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, the University of California, Davis, the University of California, San Francisco, and now currently at the University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Harness is the immediate past-President of The American Society of Breast Surgeons and is President-elect of Breast Surgery International. He has also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of The American Society of Breast Surgeons, Secretary-Treasurer and President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Dr. Harness is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of EmpowHer. He is well-published with 80 articles and book chapters in the medical literature. He has also been the lead editor of two textbooks: Breast Cancer-Collaborative Management (1988) and Ultrasound and Surgical practice: Basic Principles and Clinical Applications (2001).
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