Statistics show that one out of eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. If detected early, the five-year survival rate is more than 92 percent. Talking to your doctor about breast cancer may not rank high on your New Year’s resolution list, but it’s a discussion that could...
For years, health professionals advised women to perform tedious, multi-step breast self-exams on a monthly basis. Then, research emerged suggesting that these examinations did little to prevent breast cancer—yet statistics show that 40 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer found the lump themselves. Almost overnight, the breast self-exams we had come to know and...
Dear Valued Patient, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is here again, and there’s no time like the present to schedule your mammogram at Bergen Imaging Center. Did you know that breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the United States, second only to skin cancer? The good news is that mammography technology...
When doctors recommend doctors, they choose ours. For the fifth year in a row, the doctors who care for you at Bergen Imaging Center have been rated among the area’s top radiologists by a blue ribbon panel of their peers. Both our Medical Director, Dr. Christopher L. Petti, and our Associate Medical Director, Dr. Elizabeth O’Connell...
Your breasts in your 30’s While your breasts may not be as firm and pert as they were in your 20’s, most women still have good tone and elasticity. That said, for women who go through pregnancy, giving birth takes its toll. During pregnancy, your breasts grow, only to deflate after you’re done breastfeeding. This...
Wearing underwire bras can cause breast cancer. Somewhere online, maybe in a forum, someone theorized that wearing underwire bras increases your risk of developing breast cancer because they compress the breasts, allowing toxins to build up. Luckily, this is another internet rumor with no scientific evidence to back it up. Being overweight is not a...
Breast implants increase cancer risk. Women with breast implants do not have a higher risk of developing breast cancer. However, standard mammograms do not always work in women with implants, so additional X-rays may be required to detect abnormalities. Wearing antiperspirant causes breast cancer. Internet rumors purport that wearing antiperspirant can cause breast cancer. However,...
4 Popular Breast Cancer Myths Busted The days of trekking to your local library in search of encyclopedic truth are dead and buried in the 90’s. The internet is abuzz with information about everything, especially when it comes to breast cancer and women’s health. Unfortunately – not all of that information is true. Let Bergen...
Your bathroom scale doesn’t tell the whole story about your weight. It cannot distinguish between your body’s bone mass, lean mass, and fat mass. Neither does body-mass index (BMI) – the widely-used, but controversial formula, derived from dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by his/her height in meters, to determine whether or not he/she is...
Breast tomosynthesis, more commonly known as 3D mammography, looks and feels a lot like a traditional mammogram. It is performed in conjunction with your 2D mammogram, and does not require additional time or compression of the breasts. * However, instead of imaging the breast as a whole, 3D mammography provides three-dimensional views by taking multiple...
