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Please suggest what ideas for breast cancer awareness month do you have?

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Dr. David Brousseau answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

Breast CA: Get a yearly mammogram and breast examination by your family physician. Monthly self-examination is a good idea too. Never wait if you feel a new lump or one that has not been previously evaluated by your doctor. These guidelines are endorsed by all the major medical societies, despite the misguided and confising usptf guidelines issued a few years ago.

Answered 4/8/2013

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Old-fashioned: When i was in med school, i was the only guy i knew who always discussed breast self-exam with women. I'd urge women starting in their teens to continue doing this and doing it right -- and not to get complacent because of all those mammogram manufacturers sponsoring pink ribbon campaigns. The physical exam still key to medicine & the fatal breast ca's i've seen could have been caught early.

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