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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a national effort to draw attention to the disease, and the importance of early detection. Mammography is one of the best resources available to women at risk for breast cancer. The mammogram image, created with a small amount of x-ray radiation, allows doctors to find a growing cancer before it spreads throughout the body.
Early detection often means the difference between life and death, yet surprisingly few women get a regular mammogram. Only 40 percent of American women follow the guidelines established by the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute and 11 other medical organizations.
Most medical experts recommend that women get their first mammogram between the ages of 3S-39. This becomes her baseline mammogram, against which subsequent mammograms are compared.
Between the ages of 40-49 women should get a mammogram every one to two years, and annually after 30 years of age.
Scientists say that deaths from breast cancer would'decrease by 30 percent if women got mammograms when recommended.
Dr. Daniel said that one of the reasons so many women fail to get their regular mammograms is fear. Common concerns
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