Factors to consider include your overall health and life expectancy. Men who are in high risk groups such as African Americans or men who have a history of prostate cancer in close family members should talk with their health care providers about beginning screenings at a younger age. In 2000, approximately 182,800 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed, and there will be about 40,800 deaths from breast cancer in the United States. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer. Most women who get breast cancer have no family history of the disease or other risk factors.
Breast cancer can occur at any age, but it becomes more common as a woman gets older.
Do a breast self-exam each month. Have a clinical breast exam by a health care professional every three years. Over Have a mammogram every year. Have a clinical breast exam by a health care professional every year. Mammograms use less radiation than a dentist's x-ray.