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The Future of Detecting Breast Cancer

Dr. Rachel Brem of George Washington University says technology can push breast cancer detection further, building on a drop in deaths since the nineteen nineties; the scan itself is quick.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN This Morning
Published 7:17 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by CBS News: “The Future of Detecting Breast Cancer”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7:17 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger.

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHomework with snacks. Fine. Lola Cruz is outside an imaging center in Washington, where the homework is a little more serious. Lola.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside the George Washington University breast imaging center, where people are walking in at seven in the morning with coffee and walking out with answers.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHere is the number that matters.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentEarly detection leads to a ninety-nine percent survival rate for breast cancer, and that is the headline of this whole story.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNinety-nine percent.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentAnd the country has cut breast cancer deaths since the nineteen nineties, because of early detection and screening guidelines.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentCBS says Dr. Rachel Brem, who runs this center, thinks technology can push that further.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat does she say the technology can do, exactly?
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe story only says she answers yes, Hank, and the details are in a podcast episode of Healthful.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI can tell you the lobby has excellent magazines and nobody here looks afraid.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwenty years in war zones, and the lobby is what you notice.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI've held positions under fire with less dread than I feel walking past that front desk, because my own appointment is overdue.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThen book it, Lola. Right now. I'll wait.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentDone. The receptionist has me down for next Tuesday, and she says she'll check that I show up.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBravest thing you've done on air. Dr. Byte is next with tech, so Nina, tell us whether any of this has a robot in it.