Women at risk of breast cancer fare better with early mammography
Women ages 30-39 with a known risk of breast cancer, like heredity, may benefit from early mammogram screening, according to a new study presented Friday (Dec.10,2010) at the 33rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio, Texas.
Starting screenings sooner tended to find the cancer in an early stage, resulting in more breast cancer survivors.
The American Cancer society recommends all women start mammogram screenings at age 40.
Researchers conducted an 18-year study that started in 1990. They looked at all female breast cancer patients aged 21 to 39 in a community center, whose disease was biopsy confirmed as stage 0-4.
The researchers grouped patients based on how the disease was detected - by patients, physicians or mammogram screening.
The majority of the cases, 81 percent, were first found by patients themselves, seven percent by physicians, and 12 percent by mammogram screening.
Mammogram screening detected most cases, 26%, in the 30 to 34 year-old age group.
In the 35-39 year-old age group, mammograms detected 65 percent.
Technology is better than touch it seems when cancer is barely beginning.
The researchers found mammography discovered 31 percent of cases of stage 0 breast cancer, as compared to just 2.5 percent found by manual patient or physican exams.
The study was sponsored by the Kaplan Cancer Research Fund and led by Health-stat Consulting in Seattle, WA and the Swedish Cancer Institute.
Does getting a false-positive mammogram result boost your breast cancer risk within the next 2 years?
Yes say results of a new Danish study involving 60,000 women participating in the Copenhagen Mammography program, which was presented at the 33rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio, Texas.
The program invited women ages 50 to 69 to receive a mammogram every two years.
Women who had a false positive diagnosis were 73 percent more likely to develop breast cancer before they received their next mammogram screening.
They were 33 percent more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer over the next 17 years, compared with those who did not have false positives, the study found.
Why? Researchers said benign lesions may turn malignant after a false-positive diagnosis, according to WebMD.
Women who were falsely diagnosed with breast cancer were often subject to other invasive diagnosis procedures such as biopsy, which in itself can cause harm to the breast tissue.
Is the radiation from mammograms causing cancer?
The breast cancer screening used today has already been known to boost breast cancer risk.
Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of IllinoisSchool of Public Health says on his website preventcancer.com that postmenopausal women who undergo annual screening for a ten-year period would receive exposure to about 10 rads of radiation for each breast.
According to Dr. Epstein, each rad results in one cancer case in every 100 premenstrual women. A woman with exposure to 10 rads or receiving 10 screenings in 10 years would have a 10 percent risk of developing breast cancer, or 10 percent of women would develop the disease.
The radiation-induced breast cancer accounts for 20 percent of all breast cancers annually in the United States, according to Dr. Epstein.
Questions and Answers
Detection of breast cancer at very early stage is necessary to get proper treatments and it has been observed that ultrasound has better records than that of mammography for detecting breast cancer.
Prevention is always better than cure. Remembering that this principle is particularly true in oncology, we have designed this guide to give knowledge and early detection of female cancers, in hopes of helping women to take care of themselves with increasing awareness.
With rapid industrialization and urbanization, the incidence of breast cancer is rising fast among Indian women. Proper awareness and proper treatment under proper guidance can help millions to reduce the brunt of this menace.
The term "breast cancer" refers to a malignant tumor that has developed from cells within the breast. It does not cause early symptoms but neither is it a mysterious disease that strikes you suddenly.
Experts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and its clinical care partner, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, are offering a series of weekly research-based tip sheets regarding a variety of topics related to breast cancer, including breast cancer prevention, screening and early detection, treatment, and survivorship. 10 tips for breast cancer screening and early detection: Read more: 10 tips for breast cancer screening - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style
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