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Video Q&A about Your Guide to Selecting the Right Mammogram

Wed, Oct 5, 2016
1:00pm to 2:00pm ET

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Dr. Victor Pizzitola and the breast imaging team lead a tour of Mayo Clinic's breast cancer imaging center and discussion on breast cancer screening options.

Learn more about:

  • The difference between 2D and 3D mammograms
  • When to upgrade to a Contrast Enhanced Mammogram
  • Dense breast tissue and how it impacts a screening
  • Molecular breast imaging

Dr. Pizzitola answered questions during the event.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Mar 20, 2017
In reply to @mollyb1968 "I have a question but not about radiation. My mammogram findings showed benign-appearing fibroglandular calcifications. If..." + (show)
@mollyb1968

I have a question but not about radiation. My mammogram findings showed benign-appearing fibroglandular calcifications. If these are benign, could they turn to cancer?

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Hi Molly,
According to this article from Imaging Technology News http://bit.ly/2mOiy6t "fibroglandular breast density is important, because high density increases the risk of cancer and decreases the accuracy of mammograms"
Is your breast tissue also dense?

All the more reason to keep up with regular breast cancer screening.

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mollyb1968 | @mollyb1968 | Mar 20, 2017

They said it was benign. Can it still turn to cancer?

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maria winters | @2xnow | Jul 20, 2017

Although I had breast cancer and metastatic disease from the breast cancer current, my oncologist says a PET scan suffices for the mammogram. When I was a patient at Mayo Clinic for 18 yrs. following breast cancer surgery, I always had a mammogram.

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