The benefits of mammography almost always outweigh the risks. In part two of our “Debunking Mammography Misinformation” series, the radiologists weigh in. Q: My doctor said I have dense breasts, will this increase my risk of getting breast cancer? A: Having dense breasts may increase your risk for breast cancer. Dense breasts also make it...
Honest answers from radiologists on the risks and benefits of mammography. Q: Does getting a mammogram every year really help? A: Regular mammography use has reduced breast cancer by nearly 40 percent since screening began in the mid 1980’s. But it’s more than that. Mammograms find tumors when they are small, before you can feel...
Just because Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2018 is over doesn’t mean that active awareness should end. Before BCAM, we acknowledged that passive ‘awareness’ – such as retweeting a breast cancer statistic – doesn’t do much to help the cause – but active awareness, like participating in a breast cancer walk or making a healthy change...
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, take time out to love and celebrate your breasts by living mindfully. Instead of focusing on negative breast cancer statistics, focus only on the factors you can control right now. Eat the rainbow – And we don’t mean Skittles! A diet high in fruits and veggies (5.5 servings per day)...
Find out if 3D mammograms are right for you. Every year, nearly 41,000 women die from breast cancer. It’s the second leading cause of cancer death in women, behind lung cancer. While we still don’t know how to prevent it, we do know that early detection saves lives. That’s why screening mammograms are so important....
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, but chances are you weren’t aware! Unlike breast cancer, public awareness of endometriosis is relatively low – yet one out of every ten women of reproductive age is affected by it, and it’s a leading cause of infertility worldwide. While the disease itself isn’t deadly, complications from endometriosis can be...
According to a recent survey study by Dr. Lars Grimm of Duke University School of Medicine, some women prefer an immediate breast biopsy to follow-up imaging. The findings suggest that women who believe there’s any chance that they have breast cancer are more comfortable with an immediate biopsy – a preference Dr. Grimm believes may...
The purported benefits of 3D mammography include everything from higher breast cancer detection rates to lower patient recall rates. But in a hype driven world, is the technology behind digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) really superior to traditional mammography? Benefits of 3D Mammography While 2D mammograms produce ‘flat’ images, 3D mammograms can ‘see through’ even dense...
A recent study conducted by Yale researchers, and presented at the RSNA 2017 meeting in Chicago, found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), more commonly referred to as 3D mammography, identifies smaller breast cancer than traditional 2D screening mammograms. While previous research has demonstrated that 3D mammography results in higher breast cancer detection rates and fewer...
While there are many risk factors for breast cancer that are out of our hands, it’s comforting to know that there are some we can control. Doesn’t it feel like Breast Cancer Awareness Month flew by? We were just preparing for it, and now it’s in the past. Like time itself, there are many aspects...
