Dr. Maureen A Chung MD
Surgeon
235 HANOVER ST FALL RIVER MA, 02720About
Dr. Maureen Chung is a general surgeon practicing in Providence, RI. Dr. Chung specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Chung provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Mc Gill Univ- Fac Of Med- Montreal- Que- Canada 1988
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Contemporary management of breast cancer.
- Axillary staging using ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in locally advanced breast cancer.
- Clinical axillary recurrence in breast cancer patients after a negative sentinel node biopsy.
- Treatment of the axilla by tangential breast radiotherapy in women with invasive breast cancer.
- Casting-type calcifications with invasion and high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ: a more aggressive disease?
- An increased risk of breast cancer after delayed first parity.
- Avoidance of adjuvant radiotherapy in selected patients with invasive breast cancer.
- Mammographic screening and disease presentation of breast cancer patients who die of disease.
- Decreased breast cancer tumor size, stage, and mortality in Rhode Island: an example of a well-screened population.
- The prevention of invasive breast carcinoma.
- Surgical treatment planning in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients at high risk for BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 mutation.
- Biology of ductal carcinoma in situ classification based on biologic potential.
- A novel approach to T classification in tumor-node-metastasis staging of breast cancer.
- A decline in breast-cancer incidence.
- Re: "Pilot trial of a computerized decision aid for breast cancer prevention".
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