Your First Mammogram: What to Expect

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A mammogram is one of the most effective screening tools available to detect and diagnose breast cancer. Learn what to expect during this important cancer screening test.

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Science & Technology

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• breast
• cancer
• mammogram
• screening
• exam
• test
• early
• detection
• diagnosis
• mammography

[PaulaDDN]

Thank you for posting this video, ill have my first mammogram next tuesday, my doctir found a lump on my breat and breast cancer runs in my family Imom and great-grandmother). Some parts of the video looks like ifits painfull, my lump hurts when i touch it, so im scared now :S

[dramaqueenlp]

funny i didn't know the 14th came after the 18th...

[drac116]

I had one done today. They really do need to find some more comfortable way to scan this area. ;)

[kimpellett]

Thanks for posting this informative video. The only thing I would comment on is that a mammogram (or whatever testing suits your tastes... thermography, etc) should be done much earlier than 40 years old. It is not difficult to find stories of women (and men) diagnosed even younger than 30.

[DragonflySparrow]

Odd... doctors will use X-rays to screen for breast cancer... So the more one goes in, the more one is exposed to unnecessary radiation! If we all only ate foods that are loaded w/ antioxidants like organic fruits & veggies, than we wouldn't be in this mess. When a body is being overrun by the toxins that are consumed everyday, the body can't do what it's MEANT to do on a day to day basis: heal itself. The cure: non-GMO food *without* pesticides, hormones or antibiotics!!!

[glitterbear27]

my mom has to get a second one today...im scared but breast cncer dosnt run in my family. if it turns out she does have BC, then she would be the first one of my whole entire family (that goes back to even my great-great grandmother)

[ca1tyify]

my mother got breast cancer at the age of 35. women need to start getting checked, one way or another, earlier in life.

[WondersOfMonaVie]

I believe that mammograms are the leading CAUSE of breast cancer! Every exposure to radiation is accumulative and the breast tissue is very sensitive to the radiation accumulation. An annual exposure is asking for trouble! There are alternatives.

[devil7995]

@Lilin1989 bad choice

[PrissPop]

although this experience wasn't fun for me...i was relieved to know that everything was fine. the discomfort doesn't last long. ladies...get your annual mammograms!

[alexforever12]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! but now you have to go the doctor and get your breasts poked and squeezed into some painful x ray....wtf? why would anyone do that?

[NativeInterface]

If you insist on exposing yourself to ionizing radiation every year, don't be surprised to eventually find what you're looking for. Cancer rates are higher among screeners, and this is not because of more cases being detected.