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Are there negative effects of breast cancer treatment/ mammography after a year? what should i expect?
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Mammo is low risk: Treatment effects can vary significantly depending on what is done (type of surgery, radiation, chemo). Mammography should not have any significant effects, especially after one year. Mammograms are low dose radiation, but any radiation can increase cancer risk over the long term (decades). The cancer risk from mammograms is extremely low. Note that you are below the recommended screening age.
Answered 1/6/2015
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