Mammogram--should I be concerned that I rec'd letter about suspicious area?!
Question: Mammogram--should I be concerned that I rec'd letter about suspicious area!?
I got a letter (not a phone call) that I need to return to the xray facility to have another work-up for a suspicious area!.
I'm now concerned that I have breast cancer!. I've been telling the gyn!. for the last 2 years my left breast was larger and it hurt all the time!. He finally sent me for a mammog!.
What else could it be!? I am nervous!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I'm now concerned that I have breast cancer!. I've been telling the gyn!. for the last 2 years my left breast was larger and it hurt all the time!. He finally sent me for a mammog!.
What else could it be!? I am nervous!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Federal law states that every woman receive a letter in the mail within 30 days of her mammogram!. The letter will state that your mammogram showed no abnormalities, and when you should have your next mammogram, or it will state you need further work up!.
There are a few reasons why a woman would be called back for more images after a mammogram!. Vary rarely, the images are of poor quality or have an artifact on them!. This doesn't happen often because the mammographer checks her images before she lets the patient leave!. Occasionally, the mammographer will miss something that the radiologist catches!.
More often, there is an area of the image that needs further evaluation!. This could be because the patient has dense breast tissue!. Dense tissue appears white on the x-ray film!.!.!.!.and so do all signs of breast cancer (both masses/lumps or calcifications)!. You cannot see white pathology through white, dense tissue!. It is like trying to see a white volleyball in a the snow in a photograph!. Sometimes, compression views are needed in these cases, just to ensure nothing is "hiding" behind that white tissue!.
Other times, the radiologist sees a mass or calcifications!. Many masses and different types calcifications are benign!. There are special views we can take (magnification views) which will show those exact areas better!. In the case of microcalcifications, these images will show the edges of the calcifications in more detail, so the radiologist can determine which type they are!. In the far majority of cases, the radiologist will determine they are benign!.!.!.!.not cancer!. Even after these special views, a radiologist might ask for a breast ultrasound, and maybe even a biopsy!. Even if your case goes as far as a biopsy, around 85% of these are benign!.
Worst case scenario, you may eventually diagnosed with breast cancer!. But, if you think about it logically, this is not life ending!. It means that you were diagnosed early!.!.!.!.before you had an advanced lump that could be felt!. This is what regular screening mammography is designed to do! Mammography is designed to find early breast cancers, which can not be felt!. The survival rate, in these cases, is about 96%!
So, it is not a bad sign to be called back for more images!. It probably happens to about 1 in 10 women after their screening mammogram!. Best wishes!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
There are a few reasons why a woman would be called back for more images after a mammogram!. Vary rarely, the images are of poor quality or have an artifact on them!. This doesn't happen often because the mammographer checks her images before she lets the patient leave!. Occasionally, the mammographer will miss something that the radiologist catches!.
More often, there is an area of the image that needs further evaluation!. This could be because the patient has dense breast tissue!. Dense tissue appears white on the x-ray film!.!.!.!.and so do all signs of breast cancer (both masses/lumps or calcifications)!. You cannot see white pathology through white, dense tissue!. It is like trying to see a white volleyball in a the snow in a photograph!. Sometimes, compression views are needed in these cases, just to ensure nothing is "hiding" behind that white tissue!.
Other times, the radiologist sees a mass or calcifications!. Many masses and different types calcifications are benign!. There are special views we can take (magnification views) which will show those exact areas better!. In the case of microcalcifications, these images will show the edges of the calcifications in more detail, so the radiologist can determine which type they are!. In the far majority of cases, the radiologist will determine they are benign!.!.!.!.not cancer!. Even after these special views, a radiologist might ask for a breast ultrasound, and maybe even a biopsy!. Even if your case goes as far as a biopsy, around 85% of these are benign!.
Worst case scenario, you may eventually diagnosed with breast cancer!. But, if you think about it logically, this is not life ending!. It means that you were diagnosed early!.!.!.!.before you had an advanced lump that could be felt!. This is what regular screening mammography is designed to do! Mammography is designed to find early breast cancers, which can not be felt!. The survival rate, in these cases, is about 96%!
So, it is not a bad sign to be called back for more images!. It probably happens to about 1 in 10 women after their screening mammogram!. Best wishes!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I just asked my g/f who is a nurse!. She said that a mammogram will show any abnormality!. It does not necessarily mean cancer!. You can have a swollen lymph node to a benign growth!.
Get in touch with the xray place as soon as possible and keep up with this!. Don't put this on the back burner in case it is something serious!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Get in touch with the xray place as soon as possible and keep up with this!. Don't put this on the back burner in case it is something serious!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You have reason to be nervous!. But, I have heard times when they find a + area on the mammogram it turned out to be a benign cyst!.
Call the office first thing on Monday morning and follow-up!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Call the office first thing on Monday morning and follow-up!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
don't be afraid!. sometimes the x-ray
doesn't show the entire breast picture!.
you are young woman, chances are you
don't ahve anything to worry aboutWww@Answer-Health@Com
doesn't show the entire breast picture!.
you are young woman, chances are you
don't ahve anything to worry aboutWww@Answer-Health@Com