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Are you at risk for breast cancer? Simply being a woman and getting older puts you at risk for breast cancer. The older you are, the greater your chances of getting breast cancer. Also, you are at higher risk if your mother, sister, or daughter has ha...
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Are you at risk for breast cancer? Simply being a woman and getting older puts you at risk for breast cancer. The older you are, the greater your chances of getting breast cancer. Also, you are at higher risk if your mother, sister, or daughter has had breast cancer. Breast cancer is the leading cancer among women of many Asian and Pacific Islander groups in the U.S. Many women do not know they have breast cancer until it is advanced. What is a mammogram? A mammogram is a low-dose X-ray picture of the
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How do I get <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">mammogram</span>? " " " " " " " " What else can I do? If you are <span class="highlight">in</span> your 40s or older, get <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">mammogram</span> every 1 to 2 years. Ask your doctor or nurse to give you <span class="highlight">a</span> clinical breast exam every year. Where can I learn more? <span class="highlight">For</span> more information <span class="highlight">in</span> English, call the National <span class="highlight">Cancer</span> Institute’s <span class="highlight">Cancer</span> Information Service: 1-800-4-<span class="highlight">CANCER</span> (1-800-422-6237) TTY/TTD: 1-800-332-8615 You can also visit the National <span class="highlight">Cancer</span> Institute’s Web site at: www.cancer.gov <span class="highlight">For</span> Medicare information, visit Medicare’s Web
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Are you at risk <span class="highlight">for</span> breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span>? Simply being <span class="highlight">a</span> woman <span class="highlight">and</span> getting older puts you at risk <span class="highlight">for</span> breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span>. The older you are, the greater your chances of getting breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span>. Also, you are at higher risk if your mother, sister, or daughter has had breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span>. Breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span> is the leading <span class="highlight">cancer</span> among women of many Asian <span class="highlight">and</span> Pacific Islander groups <span class="highlight">in</span> the U.S. Many women do not know they have breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span> until it is advanced. What is <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">mammogram</span>? <span class="highlight">A</span> <span class="highlight">mammogram</span> is <span class="highlight">a</span> low-dose X-ray picture of the
Screening Mammograms: Questions and Answers
been found. Screening mammography can help reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer among women ages 40 to 70. Potential harms of screening mammography include false-negative results, false-positive results, overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and radiation exposure. NCI recommends tha...
Mammograms
Print Materials The Right to Know Campaign Success Stories Linking Registry Data to Early Detection Programs Improving Treatment Protocols Reducing Breast Cancer in Los Angeles County Identifying Screening Areas of Need Identifying Screening Service Gaps Operation Pink B.A.G....
Breast Cancer
Print Materials The Right to Know Campaign Success Stories Linking Registry Data to Early Detection Programs Improving Treatment Protocols Reducing Breast Cancer in Los Angeles County Identifying Screening Areas of Need Identifying Screening Service Gaps Operation Pink B.A.G....
Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for All Women
Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for Women - National Cancer Institute Skip to content In English | En español National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health Search NCI Home Cancer Topics...
Smithsonian: Magazine: The Secret of San Luis Valley
heritage. With the zeal of an investigative reporter, Beatrice Wright searched for both cancer and Jewish ancestry in her family tree. Her maiden name is Martinez. She lives in a town north of Denver and has dozens of Martinez relatives in...
Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers
mammography less effective for the early detection of breast cancer (6, 8). Women taking hormones had more repeat mammograms to check on abnormalities found in a screening mammogram and more breast biopsies to determine whether abnormalities detected...
Paget's Disease of the Nipple: Questions and Answers
same breast. Paget disease of the breast may be misdiagnosed at first because its early symptoms are similar to those caused by some benign skin conditions. The outlook for people diagnosed with Paget disease of the breast depends on a variety of factors, including the presence or abse...
An Overview of Medical and Public Health Literature Addressing Literacy Issues: An Annotat...
E.D., Tatum, C., Wilson, A., Dignan, M., & Velez, R. (1996). Use of a photoessay to teach low-income African American women about mammography. Journal of Cancer Education, 11(4), 216-220. Describes and offers findings of a breast cancer screening educa...
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E.D., Tatum, C., Wilson, A., Dignan, M., & Velez, R. (1996). Use of a photoessay to teach low-income African American women about mammography. Journal of Cancer Education, 11(4), 216-220. Describes and offers findings of a breast cancer screening education program for African American women living in low-income housing communities. The use of a photoessay, depicting the process of getting a mammogram, was used to address issues of limited knowledge and low literacy. Evaluations of the program
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who have not participated <span class="highlight">in</span> breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span> screening. Four hundred forty-five women age 40 <span class="highlight">and</span> over <span class="highlight">and</span> who had not had <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">mammogram</span> <span class="highlight">in</span> the last year were interviewed to determine knowledge of <span class="highlight">and</span> attitudes toward mammography. Patients’ reading abilities were assessed with the REALM. Concludes that limited literacy skills <span class="highlight">and</span> lack of knowledge about breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span> screening may contribute considerably to the underutilization of screening <span class="highlight">for</span> breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span> <span class="highlight">in</span> low-income women. Davis, T.C., Byrd, R.S
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NCSALL Reports #14 January 2000 38 Glazer, H.R., Kirk, L.M., & Bosler, F.E. (1996). Patient education pamphlets about prevention, <span class="highlight">detection</span>, <span class="highlight">and</span> treatment of breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span> <span class="highlight">for</span> low literacy women. Patient Education & Counseling, 27(2), 185-189. Analyzes 19 breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span> education pamphlets <span class="highlight">using</span> Right Writer. Materials were found to have an average readability of ninth grade. The authors suggest that literature should be
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E.D., Tatum, C., Wilson, <span class="highlight">A</span>., Dignan, M., & Velez, R. (1996). Use of <span class="highlight">a</span> photoessay to teach low-income African American women about mammography. Journal of <span class="highlight">Cancer</span> Education, 11(4), 216-220. Describes <span class="highlight">and</span> offers findings of <span class="highlight">a</span> breast <span class="highlight">cancer</span> screening education program <span class="highlight">for</span> African American women living <span class="highlight">in</span> low-income housing communities. The use of <span class="highlight">a</span> photoessay, depicting the process of getting <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">mammogram</span>, was used to address issues of limited knowledge <span class="highlight">and</span> low literacy. Evaluations of the program
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Cancer
at an early stage, when treatment is most likely to be effective. Screening tests and guidelines for early detection have been developed for many types of cancer. Breast cancer can be detected through mammography or a clinical breast exam. Several tes...
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