Increasing your knowledge of early detection and treatment of breast cancer may be your key to survival… early diagnosis is key.
Director of Health and Life at the Kansas Insurance Department, Julie Holes, says that breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, after skin cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Early diagnosis is important, and women can survive breast cancer, if it is found and treated early. She adds that women ages 40-49 are encouraged to discuss with their physicians about when to begin receiving mammograms and the frequency in receiving them. Women ages 50-74 are advised to receive a mammogram at least every two years.
State health officials also urge those who have close family members with breast or ovarian cancer to consult their physicians to determine mammogram screening frequency.
