Early detection saves lives.
Until a cure is discovered, mammograms offer the best protection from this terrible disease, and this resolution is an excellent way to underscore the importance of having the exam. I strongly encourage all women over 40, and any younger women at high risk for the disease, to pledge to make an appointment for a mammogram today. Mammograms can reveal the presence of small breast cancers up to two years before they would be detected through breast self-exams or examinations by health care clinicians. Medical experts agree that women over 40 and those at risk for the disease should receive routine periodic mammograms. They are the best defense against this potentially deadly disease.