Throughout her career as a radiologist, Connie Lehman, MD, dedicated herself to the early detection of breast cancer. However, she came to the realization that there were limited imaging tools available for assessing the risk of breast cancer , and those that were there were heavily outdated.

“I’ve seen the power of the image to find breast cancer before it can be felt by the woman, which is a time when we can effectively cure breast cancer,” Lehman, a breast imaging specialist at Mass General Brigham, told Inside Precision Medicine. “I recognized that there was much more available than just the mammogram for women at increased risk, including the power of MRI and extensive early research and screening with MRI to help ensure that women’s cancers are identified earlier. What I rea

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