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 FOR WOMEN:
Breast Cancer Screening
Clinical Breast Exam
- What it checks for: Lumps or changes in your breasts that might be signs of breast cancer.
- What is done: While you lie on the examining table, your health care provider carefully feels each breast for lumps.
- Who should be tested: Women ages 20 and older.
- How often: Women ages 20 - 39, every 1 - 3 years. Women ages 40 and over, every year.
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FOR YOUR HEALTH
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When was your last clinical breast exam?
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When should you have your next clinical breast exam?
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Mammogram
- What it checks for: Lumps or changes in your breasts that might be signs of breast cancer. Mammograms can find lumps that are too small to feel.
- What is done: An x-ray is taken of both your breasts.
- Who should be tested: Women ages 40 and older.
- How often: Women ages 40 and over, every 1 - 2 years as your health care provider suggests.
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FOR YOUR HEALTH
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When was your last mammogram?
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When should you have your next mammogram?
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