Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer

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Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.

Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.

Muss explains that it is a team effort to treat patients, and nurses play a very important role in that team. Not only are they knowledgable about the treatments, but the women who are being treated also feel more comfortable talking to nurses about body image and other issues they may encounter.

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