The BEST and worst for early detection

Yesterday: the BEST and worst for breast cancer prevention.

 Today: early detection of breast cancer.

1.  What is the BEST thing you can do to detect breast cancer early?

• keep your regular doctor appointments!

2.  What is the worst thing you can do? (i.e. miss out on early detection)

• skip regular screening!

Numerous studies have shown that smaller cancers are easier to treat, get over and survive. Tumors 10mm or less have overall survival of greater than 95% data has shown. Furthermore, studies, both in the community and at University setting, have shown that regular follow-up is the way to find those small tumors, which most often are treated by lumpectomy, maybe or maybe not radiation, most often not chemotherapy and sometimes anti-hormone therapy. 

I know most who already know this and come to regular screening (clinical breast examination, mammography and ultrasound when applicable or even other modalities); but we need to share this good news with those friends and relatives who don't participate in regular screening, BECAUSE


Together we can prevent 86,000 breast cancer cases each year and we teach breast cancer prevention at each visit!  Feel free to share this information.

This is general medical content and not personal medical advice.