No, it’s not the new grey hair or two, or possibly a wrinkle, even at 57. The doctor who has been tireless in her advocacy of routine screening for breast cancer and early detection has become a breast cancer patient herself.
Yearly Screenings, Early Detection, New Techniques Converge for Family Doc; Saved by Her Own Advice
For all intents and purposes, she still looks the same. Yet Dr. Patty Sereno — one of Medford’s favorite family doctors practicing at the Malden Family Health Center and repeatedly named as one of Boston’s best by Boston Magazine — is changed.
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