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Early detection of br*ast cancer is key (and the closest thing to prevention we have), because a tumor is a lot easier to treat if you, your doctor, or a mammogram can catch it while it's still small.
Screenings are for when you have no symptoms of disease but want to be sure something isn't lurking that you haven't spotted yet, says Peter M. Jokich, MD, director of the Rush Br*ast Imaging Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
Women who don't have any br*ast cancer symptoms should consider committing to three kinds of routine screenings:
1.br*ast self-exams at home
2.clinical br*ast exams and, each year after you turn 40,
3.mammograms—this is the one that shouldn't be skipped, experts say.
Other br*ast cancer tests—diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds, MRIs, and biopsies—are for women with symptoms who, for example, "feel a lump, have redness on the skin of their br*ast, or have discharge from the nipple," says Dr. Jokich.
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