Personal Injury Law

Breast Cancer Awareness - Click to give a free Mammogram

By Steve Lombardi

As you know mammograms are the diagnostic tool for detecting breast cancer and thus it saves lives. What if a simple click would bring someone somewhere a free mammogram? Well it does and it will if you do it. So do it!

Early Detection: Do You Know The Facts?

The National Breast Cancer Foundation estimates that each year, over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and over 40,000 die. One woman in eight either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Approximately 1,700 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 450 will die each year.

If detected early, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer exceeds 96%. Mammograms are among the best early detection methods, yet 13 million U.S. women 40 years of age or older have never had a mammogram.

The National Cancer Institute and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommend that women in their forties and older have mammograms every one to two years. A complete early detection plan also includes regular clinical breast examinations by a trained medical professional. Monthly breast self-exams are suggested in addition.

For more information about breast cancer, see our About Breast Cancer page or this Healthology page.

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).