I had a routine mammogram, last week and they want me to come in this week for more umages. im scared to death its cancer.

Don't be: Call back rates vary from site to site, but can be 12% or more. Your radiologist is just being careful. He or she will review this additional films, and let you know if further investigation is necessary. Even if you were to have breast cancer, remember that only 8-9% of patients with breast cancer die of breast cancer. Don't waste your energy worrying. Really. Good luck.

Don't worry : The majority of things found on mammogram are beign (not cancer). And if it is a cancer, this would be the best way to find it, ... When it is too small to have symptoms and it is only visible on a mamogram. This means that you are finding it very early. Women who treat a very early breast cancer have an excellent chance of being cancer free 20 years from now.

Additional imaging: to further evaluate a potential abnormality occurs in about 10% of mammograms. 80% of the time it turns out to be nothing of concern. Of the remainder that go to biopsy, 80% of those turn out benign. So the odds favor a benign etiology, but in a small percentage of cases there is a cancer.