The best protection against breast cancer is to detect it at its earliest stage and to treat it promptly. If you have a history of breast cancer in your family, discuss mammography screening guidelines and scheduling with your healthcare provider. Talk to your Doctor about the known risk factors for breast cancer. Do your monthly breast self-examinations. Talk with your Doctor about beginning a program of yearly mammograms.
Regular mammograms save lives.
It is safe and effective and it is the best way to find breast cancer early, when it is most treatable. A mammogram is an X-ray picture of the breast. You are exposed to only minimal amounts of radiation. Remember to continue to do your monthly breast self-examination. Two by two' you can remind a friend or relative to do monthly self-exams and to have annual screenings.