Knowledge Is Power: What Every Woman Should Know about Breast Cancer
Dr. Dennis L. Citrin is a board-certified medical oncologist with more than three decades of experience. Specializing in treating advanced and complex breast cancer, Dr. Citrin works with a team of experts to help patients fight breast cancer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America.Dr. Citrin earned his medical degree at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at the university. Following this, he completed three years of research in breast cancer, leading to his PhD. He was then awarded a Medical Research Council Fellowship in Cancer Medicine, which brought him to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.After completing a fellowship in Human Oncology (cancer medicine) at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Citrin served on the faculty of several medical schools over the next twenty years, including the University of Wisconsin, University of California in San Diego, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York, and Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, before entering private practice.Prior to joining Cancer Treatment Centers of America in 2004, Dr. Citrin served patients in private practice and as a staff member at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.Dr. Citrin is a member of several professional associations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research and the Chicago Medical Society. His research has been presented at numerous national and international conferences, and has been published extensively over the years in journals such asCancerand theJournal of Clinical Oncology.Don't let fear and uncertainty undermine your health. When it comes to breast cancer, knowledge truly is power.