This Breast Cancer Study Wants to Help Black Women As Young As 30

For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Pink Table Talk hosted by TOUCH: the Black Breast Cancer Alliance, experts discussed the importance of breast cancer risk assessment and prevention, particularly for young women and women of color. The conversation featured Hayley Brown from TOUCH, Dr. Candice Thompson, a breast surgical oncologist at Stanford Medicine, and representatives from the Wisdom Study, Steffanie Goodman and Allison Fiscalini. What is the WISDOM Study? The WISDOM Study, a nationwide breast cancer screening trial, aims to personalize breast cancer screening approaches. As Allison Fiscalini, director of the Athena Breast Health Network and the WISDOM Study explained, “The whole goal of it is to really be able to test a different approach to breast cancer screening. Instead of telling everyone, everyone should get a mammogram starting at 40 every single year… we should be able to do a much more precise job of estimating people’s risk.” The study has recently expanded to include women as young as 30, recognizing the importance of early risk assessment. Hayley Brown, the host of the roundtable, emphasized the significance of this change, stating, “You guys going [recruiting down to age] 30 in the last year is, like, amazing for me personally.”...