Breast cancer screening

Breast cancer, screening,

both mammography, and clinical, breast exam,

can indicate, an approximate, likelihood, that a lump is

cancer,and may also detect, some other lesions.

When the tests, are inconclusive,

Fine Needle, Aspiration, and Cytology, (FNAC), may be used.

FNAC, may be done in a GP's office,using local anaesthetic, if

required,

involves, attempting,to extract, a small portion of fluid

from the lump.

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Cancerous cells

Clear fluid, makes the lump, highly unlikely, to be cancerous,

but, bloody fluid, may be sent off, for inspection, under a

microscope, for cancerous cells.

Together, these three tools, can be used to diagnose, cancer,

with a good degree of accuracy.

A self breast exam, involves, feeling, the breast for lumps,

or other abnormalities.

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Breast Exam

Evidence, does not support, the effectiveness,of the breast exam,

because, by the time a lump, is large enough, to be found,

it is likely, to have been growing, for several years, and will

soon be large, enough, to be found without an exam.

Mammographic screening,uses x-rays to examine,the breast,

for any uncharacteristic, masses or lumps.

Breast cancer screening

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