Mammography

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Huge choices charitable organizations were involved in awareness and support of the breast cancer. Breast cancer awareness provide some practical support to educate our citizens, to dispense uncountable on the money for treatments and researches. To raise awareness and reduce the stigma of breast cancer through education on symptoms and treatment is the effort of Breast Cancer Awareness. Early knowledge which lead to earlier detection of the cancer is hoped by supporters to…

Headline: Breast Cancer: What Are the Early Symptoms? Keywords: breast cancer, early, signs, symptoms, mammogram, warning Page Description: Breast cancer is a cancer of breast tissue. Early signs and symptoms of this cancer vary. Diagnosis using mammogram can help to identify the warning signs. Text: { Breast Cancer Breast cancer is a type of cancer that originates from breast tissue. A lump in the breast is one of the common symptoms of breast cancer. Though nine out of 10 lumps are…

Social support and access to quality health care services can have an impact on breast cancer screening. Using the ecological model can help understand how to reduce risk of breast cancer on the individual level and population level determinants of health. At the individual level, when there is a lack of follow-up after receiving an abnormality it is important for the individual to engage in patient advocacy where they can ask doctors questions about risks or other concerns. At the…

Women's health screenings are absolutely essential for your continued health, mostly because they can help you detect some of the most dangerous illnesses and diseases that you may be susceptible to as early as possible, which can greatly increase your chances of surviving those illnesses and diseases. Listed below are three women's health screenings that are absolutely essential for you. Mammogram The most important health screening that any woman should get fairly regularly is a mammogram,…

women with dense breast tissue being the limitation. Mammography detects approximately 90% of tumors in women over 50, but only 60% of tumors in women under the age of 50. Plus, lack of specificity, where mammography also…

The S.E.T. Model is simple and easy to follow. This model has ten arrows: three are double sided and the others are single sided. When reading this model, a person is to read it from top to bottom, left to right, then right to left. This model is very helpful when a person is wanting to complete a particular behavior. This model only works if a person has the motivation to engage in this behavior. I will now apply the S.E.T model to the behavior, which is encouraging women to get a mammogram…

Caner does not discriminate against who it will affect, from young to old, male or female, it touches a person’s life in some way or another. There has been advances in detection and treatment of cancer, even though the rate of death from cancer has declined of the years, it still is a one of many leading causes of death that is in the United States. Breast cancer was at a high for deaths with females, 20.7 out 100,000 females died in 2007 (Healthy People, 2015). The Alfond Cancer Center is…

Case no. 1: Risk Stratification: The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool is an interactive tool designed by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) to estimate a woman's risk of developing invasive breast cancer. It has been used widely along with other such tools to predict risk of breast cancer. Breast cancer risk assessment tools are helpful in determining the risk group a patient is in. However, their accuracy for…

Page Title BRCA Testing Meta Description BRCA genetic mutations put women at higher risk for breast and ovarian cancers. Our Round Rock obgyns explain more about BRCA testing. Meta Title (70 cap) BRCA Testing - Who Benefits From Testing - What To Expect Comments Live Date (AMY) URL (AMY) BRCA Testing BRCA testing is an important tool in the fight against breast cancer BRCA testing is designed to find mutations in two important genes that suppress cancer - the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. When…

Breast screening can be emotionally stressful experience for the patient. In the past decade, there has been many changes in devices used to examine and detect breast cancer in women. The purpose of these screening devices were to decreasing mortality rate in breast cancer and perform the screening within optimal time and comfort for the patient. Breast cancer is currently the leading cause of death after skin cancer in women. Women over the age of 40 are highly encouraged to have a yearly…