In this month of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here are key pieces of information, including why mammograms are a common breast cancer screening method and what all woman should know.
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Other high-risk factors include a family history of breast cancer, a known genetic mutation or a previous breast biopsy, according to Harnden.Given this, Harnden said there are three questions all women should ask themselves before they request a mammogram consultation or appointment: 3. Will my mammogram be three-dimensional or two-dimensional ?
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer, says the National Cancer Institute.- 20 to 24: 1.8 per 100,000 women- 35 to 39: 64.8 per 100,000 women- 50 to 54: 240.7 per 100,000 women- 65 to 69: 425.2 per 100,000 women- 80 to 84: 420.7 per 100,000 womenBreast cancer diagnoses are extremely rare in teens. Teen girls between ages 15 and 19 have an incidence rate of 0.2 per 100,000, the CDC indicates.
While not all experts agree on whether women under age 40 should receive mammograms, young women in their 20s and 30s have been diagnosed with breast cancer, according to incidence data published by the CDC, which dates back to 2019.Women between the ages of 20 and 24 have a breast cancer incidence rate of 1.8 per 100,000.
Mammography is a common breast cancer screening method that uses radiation to detect physical abnormalities in breast tissue.
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