Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), October 2021, went by in the blink of an eye. This BCAM felt different though. The traditionally ubiquitous pink, the social media accounts plastered in pink ribbons were so much less visible this year. BCAM 2021 was dimmer; its message of breast cancer awareness overshadowed by the constant threat of...
Updated on July 14th, 2021 – originally published March 20th, 2020 New American College of Radiology® (ACR®) and Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) call for heightened screening attention for transgender individuals. Transgender patients – regardless if they were biologically or phenotypically male or female at birth – can also be at risk for the disease, and...
Callbacks after screening mammograms are uncommon, but do happen. What happens when you're called back...
Together ultrasound and mammogram are effective screening tools for detecting breast cancer early, especially in women with dense breasts.
One of the benefits of scheduling an appointment at Bergen, a women’s imaging center in Englewood, NJ, is that we are a privately owned facility and not associated with any hospital. When it comes to insurance billing you’ll generally pay less out-of-pocket for an outpatient visit than an in-patient visit. That’s because hospital affiliated imaging...
When it comes to staying abreast of your breast health, regular mammograms are lifesavers, detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages when it’s highly treatable. That said – mammograms can’t prevent cancer. While there is still no known way to prevent the disease – research indicates that maintaining good health overall lowers your risk. For...
Screening mammography isn’t just for women. While we tend to think of breast cancer as a woman’s disease– other populations – including men and transgender people – can be at risk too. While male breast cancer is rare – it represents just one percent of all breast cancers in the United States – its incidence...
We know that screening mammograms detect breast cancer in its earliest stages when it’s still treatable. However, in women with dense breasts, breast cancer can be harder to detect. So what happens when your mammography report indicates that you have dense breast tissue – and why does it matter? Breast density can only be determined...
Are you a woman? If so, then yes, you need a mammogram. Simply being born with two X chromosomes puts you at ‘average risk’ for breast cancer – and that risk only increases with age. 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer over an 80-year lifespan. The American College of Radiology (ACR) recommends that...
