A great feature in The New York Daily News today about Dr. Elisa Port, the chief of breast surgery at Mount Sinai and co-director of the Dubin Breast Center. Dr. Port specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

The chief of breast surgery stresses the importance of mammograms and early detection: “Approximately 200,000 American women are diagnosed with the disease each year. The majority of these cases are treatable and curable, and much of that treatability and curability depends on early detection.”

She emphatically endorses mammograms for women age 40 and older: “It’s still alarming how many women don’t get mammograms or skip for years at a time. Mammograms are essential.”