Sunday, October 24, 2010

BREAST CANCER SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTION

1.If you are over 40.get a mammogram annually.
2.Women in their 20s and 30s should have mammogram
every three years.

3.Get your mammogram read by a doctor who specialises in reading them.

4.Digital mammogram are best for women under  age of 50.It is better than film mammogram.

5.Mammogram should be never be painful.It should be
taken after monthly periods

6.Most abnormalities found in mammogram are not cancer.

7.Breast self examination must for all women.

8. Patients with family history of breast cancer may be
 recommended for annual MRI SCAN of breast.


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