Strang
Cancer Prevention Institute
Dedicated to promoting cure by early detection and research to prevent cancer since 1933
Early detection is your best protection
Dr. Elise Strang L’Esperance
Mammography screening originally studied in collaboration with Beth Israel Medical Center in the 1960s, has been shown in many subsequent studies to reduce the death rate from breast cancer.
Strang was founded in 1933 by Dr. Elise Strang L’Esperance and opened by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Dr. L’Esperance collaborated with Dr. May Edward Chinn and Dr. George Papanicolaou a medical scientist, whose research led to the early detection of cancer of the cervix. This breakthrough resulted in the Pap test; In 1940 Strang was the first medical facility to introduce this test into clinical practice. The Pap test for early detection of cervical cancer continues to save millions of women’s lives worldwide.
A recent national study has shown that low dose spiral CT screening reduces the death rate from lung cancer.
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