<P>The Division of Breast Surgery is committed to fulfilling Stony Brook’s mission of excellence in research, and to advancing scientific knowledge to improve patient care and population health.</P>
<P><STRONG>Participation in our clinical trials is always completely voluntary</STRONG>, and never interferes with the normal standards for patient care.</P>
<P>The Division’s research programs are focused on novel approaches to optimizing surgical outcomes, as well as other treatment strategies to improve patient care, such as combining surgery with drug therapy.</P>
<P>Recent funding in support of the Division’s research has been provided by the <A href="http://www.cancer.gov/" target=_blank>National Cancer Institute</A> through its cooperative affiliation with the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (<A href="http://www.allianceforclinicaltrialsinoncology.org/main/" target=_blank>ACOSOG</A>).</P>
<P><SPAN class=pointer><STRONG>For information about our current clinical trials, please call our research coordinator Leah Smith-McAllister at 631-444-7230. Or, visit the <A href="http://cancer.stonybrookmedicine.edu/cancer-clinical-trials/active/brea…; target=_blank>breast cancer clinical trials page</A> of the Stony Brook Cancer Center.</STRONG></SPAN></P>
