Dr. Richard A. Carlson

Radiologists Richard Carlson, MD Mpls Radiology Assoc 3366 Oakdale Ave N, Ste 604 Robbinsdale, MN 55422 (763) 520-7200

"During the procedure, a woman lies on her stomach, places one breast through an opening in the table and an X-ray machine takes mammograms from each side of the breast," says Dr. Richard Carlson, a radiologist and member of Fairview Physician Associates."A computer uses the pictures to calculate the exact location of a suspicious area, allowing a needle to be placed into the area with great precision so a sample of tissue can be obtained."Many physicians are turning to stereotactic breast biopsy as an alternative to surgery, the traditional method of biopsy of breast abnormalities.
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"If the tissue we find through stereotactic breast biopsy is cancerous or potentially cancerous, it must be surgically removed," Carlson says."But if the tissue is clearly benign, stereotactic breast biopsy spares women a lot of unnecessary discomfort and cost."
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Richard Carlson, M.D., is on the medical staffs of Fairview Southdale and Fairview Ridges hospitals and Fairview-University Medical Center.He is a practicing physician with Suburban Radiologic Consultants, Ltd.

RICHARD CARLSON, PH.D.

Doctor, Author, Speaker
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Richard Carlson, whose PhD. is in psychology, is considered to be one of the foremost experts in happiness and stress reduction in the United States and around the world.

Dr. Carlson is the author of 13 popular books, including the runaway best-seller Don't Sweat the Small Stuff , which was named the 1997 number-one best-selling book in America by USA Today.
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Dr. Carlson is a highly respected and sought-after keynote speaker.He blends humor and wisdom while encouraging present-moment living.

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Richard Carlson, MDSuburban Radiologic ConsultantsFairview Southdale Breast Center

Dr. Richard Carlson, a radiologist at Fairview Southdale Breast Center in Edina and one of the group's leaders, said the big fear is that women will avoid mammograms because of the controversy."The result may be that we will see an increased number of breast cancers that we can't cure as a result because we don't find them early enough," he said."That's the bottom line."

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Last fall, an article in the British medical journal Lancet triggered the latest debate by challenging the notion that mammograms save lives.The authors said the evidence was flawed, that it offered no proof that routine screening paid off in longer survival rates.
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"I think a lot of women started to seriously question whether they were even going to bother getting their mammograms until the dust settles," said Carlson, of Fairview Southdale.

By late January, Bergen, Carlson and another radiologist, Dr. Deborah Day of the Piper Breast Center, decided to hastily assemble a group of experts to try to sort through the confusion.