Detecting signs of breast cancer may be misleading. Some women think that having a lump on your breast or under your arm already means that you have one. Often there are no physical signs that you can see or feel. Some outside signs may include a lump or thickening of an area, or a dimple [...]
A family history of breast cancer should be a sure motivator to have a mammogram and physical exams. Turns out that same history can give some women pause about being screened for fear of potentially bad news. Cynthia Booth had that fear. She met it head on and invited Rex On Call television viewers to [...]
CityWise is wrapping up Breast Cancer Awareness Month by re-airing a special show highlighting the importance of getting screened for breast cancer. Shiera Coleman, Communications Producer for the City of Rochester and host of CityWise, had not had a mammogram before, but had a benign tumor in her breast as a teenager. Coleman dreaded the [...]
A mammogram is one of the safest ways that is used to check if there is any problem with the breast of a woman. It is actually an x-ray of the breasts, as it involves in using a special and very low dose x-ray machine taking pictures of both breasts. Effective Method of Preventing Cancer [...]
In 2006, more than 250,000 U.S. women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. This deadly disease will claim the lives of more than 40,000 friends, neighbors, mothers and daughters. These are staggering statistics. However, breast cancer death rates are going down. This decline is largely attributed to the benefits of annual mammograms that enable physicians [...]
In today’s world, is it that occurrences of breast cancer are growing much more than it was years ago, or it is just that breast cancer is getting more visibility in the press and medical journals? It appears that the answer is a little bit of both. The population is increasing and therefore the actual [...]
The chance, that breast cancer is found early, it is more likely to be treated successfully. Checking for cancer in a person who does not have any symptoms is called screening. Screening-Tests for breast cancer include, among others, clinical breast exams and mammograms and there is a very important base in the health-service for [...]