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Jill Biden’s visit to Hollings brings awareness to mammograms missed during the pandemic

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In mid-October, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden asked to visit the Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina to help raise awareness of the need for breast cancer screening, education, and treatment—particularly among underserved minority women. 

She expressed concern that the number of routine mammograms had dropped dramatically during the COVID pandemic, particularly among this often-neglected cohort. 

We are all concerned that while fewer Black and minority women in South Carolina are diagnosed with breast cancer, a larger number of them die of the disease. 

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Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD
Director, Hollings Cancer Center and Dean of Medicine, The Medical University of South Carolina
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