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Gordon Schwartz, M.D., M.B.A., to Lead Jefferson Breast Care Center
(Published 10-8-2009) Gordon Schwartz, M.D., M.B.A., has been appointed director of the Jefferson Breast Care Center at the Kimmel Cancer Center (KCC), and will also return to the full-time faculty as a professor in Jefferson’s Department of Surgery. With more than 40 years of clinical and educational experience, Dr. Schwartz is an internationally renowned expert in breast diseases.

Jefferson Breast Surgeon to Co-Chair Committee at National Conference

Last Updated : 8-28-2009 Anne Rosenberg, MD, will serve as a co-chair of the Abstract/Poster Committee for the 2010 NCBC Annual National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference. The National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to excellence in breast health care for the general public.

A Jefferson breast care specialist will be in the spotlight at a major national conference taking place next year. Anne Rosenberg, MD, a breast surgeon, will serve as a co-chair of the Abstract/Poster Committee for the 2010 NCBC Annual National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference.

The National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to excellence in breast health care for the general public. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Jefferson Breast Care Center is a member of the Consortium.

Anne Rosenberg, MD, is a clinical professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College.

The Jefferson Breast Care Center recently received full accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Jefferson is one of just thirty breast centers in the nation to be accredited by the Program.

 Jefferson Researchers Show Antibody to Breast Cancer-Secreted Protein Blocks Metastasis
(Published 7-8-2008) Scientists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have made a key discovery about the mechanism of breast cancer metastasis, the process by which cancer spreads. Focusing on a gene dubbed "Dachshund," or DACH1, they are beginning to pinpoint new therapeutic targets to halt the spread of cancer.

Jefferson Oncologists Show Breast Cancers to be More Aggressive in African American Women
(Published 7-9-2007) A study of more than 2,200 women at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia shows that African American women have more advanced breast cancer at the time of diagnosis than Caucasian women. In addition, African American women tend to have breast cancer tumor types that are more aggressive and have poorer prognoses. The findings, the researchers say, are in line with other recent studies and provide more powerful evidence of the continuing need for early breast cancer screening for African American women and the development of individual treatment strategies.

Ground Zero Hair Salons’ Anniversary Ball Will Benefit New Jefferson Breast Care Center
(Published 7-6-2007) Ground Zero Hair Salons is supporting Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in the development of the new Jefferson Breast Care Center.

Jefferson Scientists Identify Protein Key to Breast Cancer Spread, Potential New Drug Target
(Published 4-9-2007) Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein that they say is key to helping a quarter of all breast cancers spread. The finding, reported online the week of April 9, 2007 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could be a potential target for new drugs aimed at stopping or slowing the growth and progression of breast cancer.