Professor Janice Walshe, a medical oncologist, explains how the diagnosis process works when it comes to breast cancer, as ...

The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.

Breast cancer in pregnancy does occur—1 in ... Yes, you can have a mammogram while you are breastfeeding. The radiation in a mammogram does not impact breast milk or hurt the baby.

The first stage in breast screening involves an X ray (mammogram) of the breast ... The calculated risk of breast cancer associated with the use of ionizing radiation is much lower than the number of ...

Mammograms use x-ray beams (a form of ionizing radiation ... According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, a screening mammogram and a diagnostic mammogram are similar in many ways: The ...

Early detection of breast cancer through mammograms is crucial, with a 98% survival rate if caught at stage 1. Modern mammography is more comfortable and uses minimal radiation. Symptoms like new ...

The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency says it is working to ensure women in the province have access to breast cancer screening and biopsies in as timely a manner as possible, but some patients say the ...

Two years ago, the Duchess, was given her own diagnosis after attending a mammogram ... a short intense course of radiation treatment to beat her cancer. When she arrived home and was flooded ...