Screening for Breast Cancer
November 02, 2020Screening for Breast Cancer
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Lynn, a breast cancer survivor, explains how a mammogram saved her life.
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- 00:03I was diagnosed at the age of 39 in 2007 with
- 00:09stage two adino carcinoma.
- 00:17Because I wasn't in any pain, I thought
- 00:21that it would eventually go away.
- 00:33Women of average risk for breast cancer,
- 00:35and that's most women should start
- 00:37screening somewhere between the ages of
- 00:3840 and 50 years of age and should have
- 00:40a mammogram every one to two years.
- 00:47Risk factors include ones
- 00:48age, ones, family history, and ethnicity,
- 00:51and prior medical conditions.
- 00:52An genetics but the number one risk factor
- 00:56for breast cancer is being a woman.
- 01:03There are some women who are at
- 01:06intermediate or high risk for breast
- 01:08cancer and they should start screening
- 01:11sometimes earlier than age 40,
- 01:12and they might choose to have
- 01:14a supplemental screening in
- 01:16addition to the mammogram,
- 01:18and that would be having an
- 01:20MRI or screening ultrasound
- 01:30It's great to be a part of a group
- 01:34where you might say something
- 01:36that might touch someone else,
- 01:38help someone else or.
- 01:41Just just the camaraderie
- 01:43of women is wonderful.
- 01:45It's OK to ask for help.
- 01:48Absolutely, absolutely.