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Bookmark or Share- Dense breast tissue: What it means to have dense breastsIn general, healthcare professionals recommend that women with an average risk of breast cancer begin screening with mammograms at age 40. For most, the screening should be repeated every year. Having dense breasts can make it harder to detect cancer on a mammogram.
- Mammogram - Mayo ClinicMammograms play a key role in breast cancer screening. They can detect breast cancer before it causes signs and symptoms. Mammograms have been shown to reduce the risk of dying of breast cancer. A traditional mammogram creates two-dimensional images of the breast.
- 3D mammogram - Mayo ClinicBefore the 3D mammogram became common, breast cancer screening mammograms used standard machines. Standard mammogram machines make 2D pictures of the breast. These 2D images still have some benefits. So when it's used for breast cancer screening, a 3D mammogram machine makes both 3D and 2D images of the breast.
- Mammogram guidelines: What's changed? - Mayo ClinicStarting mammograms at age 40 may be particularly important for Black women. Black women tend to have breast cancer at a younger age. Black women are more likely to die of breast cancer, compared to people of other races. Mammograms aren't perfect. Mammograms for breast cancer screening have some limits.
- Thyroid guard: Do I need one during a mammogram? - Mayo ClinicOne analysis estimated that during a mammogram, which involves two X-rays per breast, the thyroid is exposed to the equivalent of 30 minutes of natural radiation. Even over many years of annual mammograms, this amount of additional radiation is considered tiny. Still, don't let a fear of thyroid cancer keep you from having a mammogram.
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