Pisano to Represent Medical Imaging at Cancer Moonshot National Summit

ACR member and renowned radiology researcher Etta Pisano, MD, FACR, will represent the medical imaging community at the June 29 National Summit for the National Cancer Moon Shot Initiative in Washington. The daylong conference is intended to galvanize the Obama Administration’s push to double the pace of research toward curing cancer through the $1 billion National Cancer Moonshot initiative. The invitation enabling the Academy of Radiology Research (ARR) to send Pisano, who serves on the Academy’s executive committee, is considered progress toward expanding the profile of imaging in the Moonshot program, headed by Vice President Joe Biden. The radiology community, via the ARR, expressed concern regarding the lack of medical imaging expertise on the task force and blue ribbon panel that administer the Moonshot effort. The initiative’s ambitious timetable calls for the National Cancer Institute to announce final research recommendations in August. Pisano is vice-chair of research and a staff radiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She was primary investigator for the landmark American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST), which showed that digital mammography was as accurate as film mammography in most women. DMIST also showed that digital mammography detected more cancers than screen film in younger women, premenopausal and perimenopausal women, and women with dense breasts.
Source: American College of Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: news