When breast cancer is detected early, the 5-year survival rate is very much in your favor! Since the survival rate changes depending on the stage of breast cancer, it is essential that it is caught early. 3-D mammograms are one of the tools we use to detect breast cancer. We have 3-D imaging screening right…
What happens when you find out that your breasts are denser than usual? Breasts contain different types of tissue – there is fat tissue, connective tissue, and glandular tissue. When breasts are dense, it means that there are high amounts of glandular and connective tissue but that there are lower amounts of fat tissue. It…
A reminder to all of our patients to not put off your mammogram. 3D mammograms are an important tool to see changes in your breasts and to potentially catch breast cancer earlier which can improve outcomes from this disease. Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer found in American women with a…
Women’s Health is celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness month and our one year anniversary of providing 3D mammograms right here in our office. We know it’s not fun, so we are making it as convenient and easy as possible. It is that important! Thank you to our patient Leah who after receiving her monthly mammogram right…
Regular mammograms are still the best way to detect breast cancer early. There are other options that your doctor may recommend depending on your individual needs. We wrote about some of these alternatives in a previous blog article, Choices in Mammography. Although, the diagnosis of breast cancer is a fear of many women, early detection…
Around one in eight women in the United States will have to deal with invasive breast cancer at some point in their lives. The National Cancer Institute reported that breast cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths among women between the ages of 15 and 54. What can you do to protect yourself…
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