Remind each other to perform BSE and any other necessary health assessments in your personal detection programs. Around the 15th of each month watch News Channel 15 for coverage regarding breast health related topics. To register for the Buddy Check 15 program and enter a drawing for a prize, click on the Buddy Check 15 link in the green column. The Odds Are In Your Favor Through regular breast self-exams, physician exams and mammograms, you can improve your chances of detecting breast cancer at an early stage, when it is more treatable. Breast cancer strikes one in nine women, but more than 90 percent can be treated successfully if the cancer is detected early with a mammogram.
Mammograms detect cancers too small to detect by a self-exam.
Women between 35 and 40 years of age should have a baseline mammogram. Between 40 and 50, a routine mammogram every two years is recommended, and, after age 50, annually. About 180,200 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. About 43,900 U.S. women will die from the disease. And about 1,400 men will be diagnosed, with 290 deaths attributed to breast cancer.