Jacob Gershon-Cohen
Jacob Gershon-Cohen · Science & Medicine
Radiologist who pioneered mammography for early breast cancer detection
1899, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States — 1971, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
United States
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Jacob Gershon-Cohen was an American radiologist and researcher who pioneered mammography for the early detection of breast cancer and was among the first to call for widespread breast-cancer screening of women over fifty. Director of radiology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, he authored more than 400 papers and received the Gold Medal of the International College of Radiology. He was born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family.
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Radiologist who pioneered mammography for early breast cancer detection
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