Saturday, March 7, 2009

Be Vigilant Against Cancer " Take Yearly Mammograms

By Rita Goldman

Breast cancer can be detected early by undergoing yearly mammograms. Women aged forty and above are advised to undergo this yearly routine because this is the age range when breast cancer starts to manifest. Through early detection of possible breast cancer, you can treat the impeding health danger ahead of you. Most stage 1 breast cancer cases have 100% success rate of cure when detected early.

Mammograms are specialized x-ray machines for detecting and examining breast changes in women who have no breast symptoms as well as for women who have breast lumps, pain, and abnormal nipple discharge. When a woman shows no breast cancer symptoms, they undergo screening mammograms while women with symptoms take diagnostic mammograms. These are the two types of mammograms which can be performed in a clinic or hospital.

Unlike traditional x-ray machines, mammograms only use low doses of radiation and x-rays. As opposed to the myth that mammograms cause cancer, it actually does not because the low doses of radiation do not cause any impeding danger of cancer development.

A radiologist initially reads the mammogram results to detect any abnormal images on the womans breasts. If you have been seeing a personal doctor, it would be best to bring all of your mammogram exam results ever since you started your yearly exams because your doctor can perfectly tell if there had been any changes in the mammogram images of your breasts. When he sees any abnormal changes, he will take your mammogram results to another doctor for a second opinion and directly proceed to a more in depth diagnosis of your breasts.

When you perpetually undergo mammograms each year, you are definitely safeguarding yourself from the dangers of breast cancer. As women, we have a responsibility to keep our health in its tiptop shape. Together with the yearly mammogram tests, we should also avoid all the known risk factors of cancer development to really become cancer free.

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