Breast Cancer, What You Should Know About Testing And Diagnosis

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 women.

The doctor or other health care professional can check the breasts and
underarms for lumps, during a clinical breast exam, which could be a
sign of breast cancer.

What is the "mammogram"?

"The mammogram is a special x-ray of the breast and that can often
detect cancers that there are too small for a woman or her doctor to
feel them. "

A lot of studies show's that mammography screening has reduced the
number of deaths from breast cancer. But also, some other studies have
not shown a clear benefit from mammography. So- you can't get a 100%
results!

But, to day there are no other ways to check out the breast cancer
with a good percentage. Concerning that, the Scientists are continuing
to examine the level of benefit that mammography can produce. The
National Cancer Institute recommends the following:

? you are a woman in your 40s, you should have mammography screening
every one to two years.

? you are a woman age 50 and older, you should have mammography
screening every one to two years.

? If you are a woman who is at higher than average risk for breast
cancer, you should seek expert medical advice about whether to begin
screening before age 40 and how often to have screening mammography.

The results are between 5 and 10 percent of mammogram not normal and
require more testing. The one good information - the most of these
follow-up tests confirm that no cancer

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