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Implants and Breast Cancer: What’s in the Way
A new study published in the British Journal of Medicine explored the relationship between breast implants and breast cancer. The study, which is an intensive review of carefully selected earlier...
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The Benefits of Breast MRIs When Implants Are Present
In a recent study by the Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, the importance of breast MRIs for women with implants has once again been highlighted. Simply put: breast implants can make mammograms more...
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Breastfeeding and Mammography
Breastfeeding of a child.JPG by Scott Crosby via Picasa. Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported If you are breastfeeding and want to come in for a mammogram, there are a few...
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Young Women and Breast Imaging
The most important thing to know about young women and breast imaging is: if you have any worrisome changes (feel a lump, skin texture change, pain, inverting nipple, etc) you CAN and should come in...
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Benign Mammogram Findings
is a great word. It has a silent ‘g.’ It looks so pretty in cursive. But the best thing about that word is what it means: no harm will come. A benign tumor is one that’s not cancer. A benign change in...
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Nipple Discharge and Breast Health
The Talk Writing a blog about mammography touches on subjects around which there are not many conversations. Women may compare thoughts on recently read books, or talk about new heels, but rarely...
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Mammogram Reports and BI-RADS: Category 1
Mammography reports may seem complex to the uninitiated. Every breast imaging report will end with a final result assessing the findings and indicating what, if anything, needs to be done next. That...
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Mammogram Reports and BI-RADS: Category 2
As a continuation of yesterday’s post on BI-RADS Category 1, today we’d like to talk about BI-RADS Category 2. Remember that BIRADS stands for Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System, which is simply...
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Mammogram Reports and BI-RADS: Category 3
As a continuation of our prior posts this week on BI-RADS 1 & BI-RADS 2, today we’d like to talk about BI-RADS category 3. Remember that BI-RADS stands for Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System,...
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Mammogram Reports and BI-RADS: Categories 4 & 5
As a continuation of our prior posts this week on BI-RADS 1, BI-RADS 2, BI-RADS 3, today we’d like to talk about BI-RADS categories 4 and 5. Of course by now you remember that BI-RADS stands for Breast...
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Mammogram Reports and BI-RADS: Category 6
In our final posting on BI-RADS after our series (which covered BI-RADS 1, BI-RADS 2, BI-RADS 3, BI-RADS 4 and 5), today we’re going to cover the highest rating, BI-RADS 6. This is our least favorite...
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Mammogram Reports and BI-RADS: The Cheat Sheet
Ok, we promised! Here’s a summary of all the BI-RADS categories we’ve been writing about, somewhat extensively, of late. BI-RADS 0: need additional imaging or comparison with prior studies. We didn’t...
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Cell Phones and Breast Cancer
LG KF350 aka “ice cream” Flipped Open by @quirkyrocket via Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) When women come in for mammograms, we are often asked if carrying a cell phone in...
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“Asymmetric” on your Mammogram Report
focal asymmetry global asymmetry We often think of breasts as mirrors of each other – and to a degree, that’s correct. Symmetry is a beautiful thing, and one of the things radiologists assess when we...
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Follow-Up Breast Imaging: What Might Be Next?
Sometimes, a 4-view mammogram will not provide all the answers about your breast health. Additional imaging at the time of your mammogram or even follow-up imaging may be needed. When it comes to...
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Cancer Action, Inc.
As advocates for women’s health, we like to address topics, needs, issues and resources for everyone, everywhere. Cancer doesn’t know state lines. On the other hand, as hometown Kansas City...
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Mammograms: The Importance of Symptoms
When it comes to your mammogram, you play a key role in making sure you get the right test at the right time. When it comes to talking about symptoms – we need you to tell us. A diagnostic mammogram...
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When Your Radiologist Orders A Biopsy
Needle Biopsy; Source: National Cancer Institute; Author: Linda Bartlett (photographer) AV Number: AV-8000-0272; via wikicommons Copyright: public domain While there is much that can be discovered...
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Good News In Breast Health: Mammography Might Save You From Surgery…
(Photo credit: Laughing Point By DarkEvil [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) Our favorite thing about women’s breast health is getting to play a positive role in getting women on their way to...
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