The Komen Foundation named Hyman B. Muss, MD, Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Geriatric Oncology Program at University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill as one of two recipients of their Brinker Ward in 2012.
At the Komen Foundation website, Dr. Muss discusses how he developed an interest in treating breast cancer in geriatric patients and why the work is important.