Barbara L. Smith, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Academic Titles

Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Research Program Affiliation

Member, Breast Cancer

Research Abstract

1. Diagnosis of breast cancer in women under 40 and high risk women

2. Hormones and breast cancer: Fertility, pregnancy and menopause issues

3. Biological basis of local recurrence of breast cancer

4. Maintenance and expansion of breast clinical and research database

5. Patient perception of breast cancer risk and patients attitudes toward genetic testing for breast cancer risk and management of a positive test.