Tests for Diagnosing Breast Cancer
The following are some of the tests used in the diagnosis and evaluation of breast cancer:
When to Get a Screening Mammogram
Every year? Every other year? Not until you're 50? Once you turn 40? Will the real mammography screening recommendation please stand up? If you're a woman approaching the age of 40, you've likely been told to prepare for your first screening mammogram around the time of your big birthday and then to have one every year (in some cases, every other year) thereafter. (Of course, that's just for routine mammograms; breast lumps always require a mammogram and/or other tests to start diagnosing whether...
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WebMD Medical Reference
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Arnold Wax, MD on February 18, 2010
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