Thomas Kolb, M.D. – Women's Voices For Change

Thomas Kolb, M.D. Thomas Kolb, M.D. has been on the faculty of numerous medical educational meetings, and he has lectured throughout the U.S. and internationally on the topic of breast cancer detection and diagnosis, including at the New York Academy of Sciences and the Radiological Society of North America. In 1998, Dr. Kolb published the first contemporary study detailing the use of screening breast ultrasound to detect cancers, and in 2002 his publication describing the performance characteristics of mammography, clinical breast examination and ultrasound was awarded the Scientific Paper of the year by the American Medical Association. Dr. Kolb is currently a principal investigator of the North American Digital Breast Tomosynthesis project, which is analyzing a novel mammographic technology that acquires multiplanar images of the breasts.

General Medical · Health

The Dense-Breast Controversy: A Woman’s Right to be Educated

By Thomas Kolb, M.D.

When describing a mammogram result to a patient as "normal," the radiologist may be only 40 percent accurate in his or her diagnosis. Yet the patient is never informed of her mammogram’s degree of accuracy, nor have patients been educated that breast density in itself is a significant risk factor for developing breast cancer.

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News Alert: Dr. Thomas Kolb on Breast Density Imaging

By Thomas Kolb, M.D.

Knowing your breast density its of vital importance, for the higher the density of the breast, the lower the accuracy of the mammogram. Adding a screening ultrasound for women with dense breasts can detect invasive cancer that the mammogram has missed.

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Mammograms: Why Women Should Be Screened

By Thomas Kolb, M.D.

By Thomas Kolb, M,D,

Who should get mammograms, and how frequently? WVFC expert Dr. Thomas Kolb summarizes the recent findings and explains what's most important.

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Breast Cancer Detection Tests and the Risk of Ionizing Radiation

By Thomas Kolb, M.D.

On the heels of two recent reports about radiation levels in advanced mammographic tests, a breast imaging specialist weighs in on the benefits and risks.

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Mammograms: The Controversy Resurfaces

By Thomas Kolb, M.D.

When journal editors and journalists assume too much, they may actually hurt the women they're hoping to empower.