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Breast Cancer

What is Breast Awareness?

Dorcas (Dori) McLennan, MD | October 05, 2017 |
 

What is this new term “breast awareness”? As providers, we use this term as a way to communicate to women the importance of a broader awareness of breast health, that goes beyond the traditional monthly breast self-exam and a yearly mammogram.

Breast awareness begins with knowing your family history. Asking relatives including grandmothers, mothers, aunts, fathers, and others about their cancer history. Some cancers that are not breast cancer can be associated with an increased risk, so knowing your greater family history is important. Remember that history changes as we age, so... Read More

Breast Cancer Awareness

Steve Martinez, MD | October 06, 2016 | 1 comment
 

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women. But did you know it can be a highly curable disease if detected and treated early? Here are three ways to say familiar with your breast health:

#1 — A screening mammogram

Mammograms can help detect the disease in its early, most treatable, stages. Talk with your provider about your personal risk factors before deciding when to have a mammogram.

#2 — A clinical breast exam (CBE) 

The physical examination of the breast done by a health care provider. Women should talk with their provider about their personal risk... Read More