Austin doctor discusses breast cancer risk assessment that helped actress

Heather King, M.D., FACS, Texas Breast Specialists-Austin Lakeway and West 37th Street joined KTBC-TV’s (FOX, Austin) “HealthBeat” segment to discuss the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, given Oliva Munn’s recent diagnosis. Dr. King shared with viewers the different statistical models to test for breast cancer risk, the gold standard of screening, how mammograms are the roadmap to the breast and explained what Luminal B cancer is.