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Are mammograms really completely safe?
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No: If your question was' "are they safe?", my answer would have been "yes". Having a mammogram does expose you to a low dose of radiation, and radiation exposure is a known risk factor for breast cancer. A better question is: "do the benefits of mammography outweigh the risks?" this answer is a strong yes, especially when started no earlier than age 40.
Answered 10/4/2016
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If a member od your immediate family developed breast cancer at an early age, we generally advise starting yearly mammography 10 years earlier than when she was diagnosed.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Mammo Safety: Very little in life is 'completely' safe.We make risk/benefit decisions all the time, without even being conscious of it.For example driving a car, or taking an antibiotic for an infection, carries some risk. With mammography, there is a minimal increased risk of radiation induced cancer. However, medical consensus is that the risk is far outweighed by the potential benefit of early Ca detection
Answered 7/10/2014
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