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Mobile mammography screening is coming to Fairview from August 29 to September 7 at the Fairview Health Complex.
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Appointments are required. Residents can call 1-800-667-0604. In keeping with Alberta Health Services (AHS) protocols and to ensure safety, there will be screen testing for precautions against COVID-19.
A mammography uses low-energy x-rays to diagnose and screen for early signs of breast cancer. This is done through observation of characteristic masses or microcalcifications.
AHS recommends consistent cancer screening as it is the most effective way of finding it early when treatment is most likely to work best.
Breast cancer is usually very small when found early and hasn’t spread yet. This is when treatment may work better, they add.
Two common types of breast cancer are ductal carcinoma and lobular carcinoma.
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“Most breast cancer starts in the milk ducts (ductal carcinoma), although some start in the mammary glands (lobular carcinoma). Cancer in other parts of the breast is less common. Cancer that is ‘in situ’ has not spread to the surrounding breast tissue. Cancer that has grown into the surrounding breast tissue is called ‘invasive’.”
Women have different chances of getting breast cancer. The two biggest risk factors are sex and age. More than 3 out of 4 women who have been diagnosed are over 50 years of age.
Some other risk factors include family history, starting menstruation before the age 12, staring menopause after age 55, and radiation to the chest.
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