What the beginning of breast cancer looks like, with Dr. Anna Maria Storniolo

What does the beginning of breast cancer look like? What happens – at the very start – that turns normal breast tissue into the first stages of cancer? And by recognizing these early molecular changes and pathway alterations, could we not only improve our understanding of the evolution of breast cancer… but also, one would hope, find a way to stop it before it even begins?

These questions are hardly philosophical. They go to the heart of important research that has been and is being led by Dr. Anna Maria Storniolo.

Dr. Storniolo is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She is also Director of the Catherine Peachey Breast Cancer Prevention Program, a comprehensive program providing risk assessment and counseling for women who may be at risk for developing breast cancer. She also has been a BCRF Grantee since 2007.