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Breast Cancer Detection: Self-Exams and Mammograms

by Guest Writer 1 Comment

Early Detection Breast Cancer

Early Detection Breast CancerAn estimated one in eight women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at some point in her life. Although breast cancer can also affect men, it is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. In 2011, over 230,000 women and over 2,000 men were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Roughly 39,520 American women are expected to die from breast cancer by the end of 2011.

Risk factors for breast cancer include:

  • A family history
  • Genes defects (most commonly on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes)
  • Getting your period early (before 12 years old)
  •  Being over the age of 50 and a woman
  • Drinking more than 1 or 2 glasses of alcohol daily
  • Never giving birth
  • Having children after 30 years old
  • Hormone replacement therapy
  • Receiving radiation therapy as a child.

The most significant risk factors of this disease are being an older woman. What’s so scary about breast cancer is that 85 percent of breast cancers occur in women who do not have a family history of it.

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Filed Under: Women’s Health Tagged With: breast cancer, breast cancer detection, breast cancer screening, breast self examination, early detection for breast cancer

Menstrual Cycle May Affect Mammogram Sensitivity and Accuracy

by DP Nguyen 15 Comments

No woman wants to hear that she has breast cancer, but every year in the United States, over 260,000 women will discover that they have breast cancer. In fact, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer), and it is the second leading cause of death among women. (Lung cancer is the first.)

Because of the high breast cancer statistics, doctors and healthcare professionals recommend that women undergo regular mammogram screening to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages. According to a new research study, published in last month’s issue of Radiology, women should consider scheduling their mammograms for the first week of their menstrual cycle – i.e. the week that you’re bleeding.

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