Breast Screening and Mammogram Video

David A. Russell, MD practices at Banner Gateway Medical Center.

ASK THE EXPERT: Breast Screening Video- Full Transcription

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Text:     Banner Health Presents: Ask the Expert
            
Text:     Mammogram: X-ray of the breast, Screening tool , Diagnostic mechanism

Text:     David A. Russell, MD : Radiology, Banner Gateway Medical Center   

Image:  David A. Russell, MD, speaks on-camera throughout the video.

Audio:  “A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast that allows us to determine whether cancer is present or not. We use it primarily as a screening tool, but we also use it as a diagnostic mechanism if a woman has a complaint.”

Text:     Mammogram Recommendations: Baseline at age 35, Annual exams at age 40, High risk patients may begin earlier       

Audio:  “The recommendations for mammograms, if it’s screening, begin as a baseline at age 35, and the average woman would then begin annual examinations at age 40. If the woman’s at very high risk, then we may begin much earlier.”

Text:     Risk Factors: Relatives with breast or ovarian cancer, Abnormal gene with a mutation    

Audio:  “The risk factors for developing breast cancer are patients who have multiple relatives, first degree relatives with breast cancer or ovarian cancer, or a certain small group of patients who have an abnormal gene with a mutation of that gene.”

Text:     Mammograms: Increase Survival Rate, Early detection, Early treatment

Audio:  “Mammograms increase the survival rate of breast cancer in that we’re able to detect cancers earlier and, therefore, initiate treatment earlier.”

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