Category: Cancer

Radiologist, Dr. Betsy Card talk about the importance of mammograms.

Check out these common myths about breast cancer and the truth behind them.

Learn why overweight women are at an increased risk for Breast Cancer.

Recent government task force recommendations advise against screening mammography for women 40-49 years of age, recommend screening only every other year for women between ages 50 and 74, and recommend stop screening over age 74. However, the American Cancer Society continues to recommend annual screening mammography for all women beginning at age 40.

Colon cancer (also called colorectal cancer) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in both men and women in the United States, and the third most common cancer. Everyone’s at risk.