J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD

J. Leonard Lichtenfeld is an oncologist.

April 8, 2012Apr 8, 2012

I have a confession to make. As soon as I finished reading the Annual Report to the Nation recently, I got up from my desk and took a walk for 20 minutes. What, might you ask, compelled me to do…

I have a confession to make.

As soon as I finished reading the Annual Report to the Nation recently, I got up from my desk and took a walk for 20 minutes.

What, might you ask, compelled me to do this?

The answer is what made me take a walk is the same reason I am writing this follow-up commentary. Sitting …

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Lower your cancer risk and take a walk

Conditions and Diseases

The progress we have made in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer

J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD

September 20, 2011Sep 20, 2011

An article released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in their weekly publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report provides an assessment of the progress we have made in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Clearly, since 1971, we…

An article released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in their weekly publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report provides an assessment of the progress we have made in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Clearly, since 1971, we have made substantial advances in the cancer treatment. We have become a larger and older …

Conditions and Diseases

ACS: The breast cancer screening debate continues

J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD

June 27, 2011Jun 27, 2011

I am sitting here wringing my hands that so much has been made of some studies reported recently at a major radiology conference which suggest that the impact of the breast cancer screening guidelines released by the United States Preventive…