Article: A Tool For Early Breast Cancer Screening
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A Tool For Early Breast Cancer Screening
Who isn?t familiar with the expression, ?early detection is the best prevention?? We hear this term throughout the year and most everyone is familiar with this ?catch phrase? as it relates to breast cancer. Obviously, a woman?s chance for survival improves when a cancer is found early. We hear that simple rhyming statement but are women really offered early detection?
Our ?gold standard? for breast cancer screening is mammography, clinical breast exam and self-breast exam. Other techniques are used but ALL current technologies examine structure; something is formed and large enough to be seen or felt. However, it is well-documented that a mass that is detected by mammography has been growing for 8-10 years before it was detected. Is this early detection?
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