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Breast cancer screening: When to start mammograms
The myths, facts and breast screening guidelines needed to help you better understand how – and why – mammograms are used to detect breast cancer.
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Breast reconstruction after breast cancer mastectomy surgery
Breast reconstruction is a common procedure that uses soft tissue flaps and/or implants to reconstruct a breast for patients after a mastectomy surgery for breast cancer. A mastectomy is…
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Breast cancer: Is removing the healthy breast worth it?
Doctors have seen a concerning trend in recent years: Women diagnosed with cancer in one breast choosing to have double mastectomies to reduce cancer risk in the other breast.…
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Breast pain: Is it hormonal or something more?
Breast pain is a common complaint among women of all ages. Paying attention to your symptoms and timing of breast pain is important so you can let your doctor…
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Breast implants: What to know about self-exams and mammograms
Breast self-exams and mammograms can help detect changes in breast tissue and even breast cancer, but how do breast implants affect those exams? Breast care providers say recommendations and…
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Breast self-exams in 3 easy steps
Breast cancer affects an average of 1 in 8 women and kills nearly 500,000 women per year. These sobering facts can incite panic or worry, but there is an…
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3D mammograms and MBI: Improving breast cancer detection
Mammography is the primary screening test for breast cancer in women with no known breast problems. Conventional mammograms are performed by taking 2D pictures of the breast. 3D mammograms…
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Breast biopsies: What you need to know
After the age of 40, women should receive a mammogram every year. Once a mammogram detects a spot that could be breast cancer, your doctor may request a breast…
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How to prevent breast cancer with chemoprevention
Getting a mammogram is the most common way to catch breast cancer. However if you have increased risk for the disease, chemoprevention is a relatively new process that actually works to…