Breast Cancer Detection. The american cancer society has screening guidelines for women at average risk of breast cancer and for those at high risk for breast cancer. The first step in breast cancer detection is seeing a doctor to get a mammogram which can potentially prevent a tumor from spreading.
Doctors often use additional tests to find or diagnose breast cancer. By now if you have read the earlier two sections on early detection of breast cancer you very well know how important it is to detect it early. A check of your lymph nodes can tell if the disease has spread.
Breast cancer that s found early when it s small and has not spread is easier to treat successfully.
Breast cancer that s found early when it s small and has not spread is easier to treat successfully. What are screening tests. A mammogram is an x ray of the breast. Getting regular screening tests is the most reliable way to find breast cancer early.
