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Sunday, 27 October 2013

The False Positives And Negatives Of Mammography San Diego CA

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By Rachael Gutierrez


Mammography San Diego CA is that process by which low x-ray is used in examining the human breasts. This is also a screening as well as a diagnostic tool. The main aim of having this examination done on the breasts is to detect any chances of breast cancer, or lumps that might have developed in the breast. Breast cancer is a very dangerous diseases and if it is detected at an early sage it can be treated successfully.

Just like all other x- rays, this examination will also use some doses if ionizing radiation so that they are able to create images. The images which are produced here are then analyzed by radiologists so that they can detect any kind of abnormality in them. Radiography is meant for the bones and not the breasts.

The mammogram results will be expressed in a very different way. This comes in the assessment category of BI-RADS. The name that it is given is BI-RADS score. The categories of these results which are usually given range from zero to six. There are times when these screenings produce the false negatives. This case comes when there are numbers of cancer cells missed by that screening.

Most of women who have received the false results can turn to have the routine screening or perform self examinations most of time. There are other cases where women become anxious because of receiving the false positive results. This makes them to become very worried or distressed because they know that there are high chances of them having breast cancer. This is a feeling that does not go away easily.

To add on that there is another unfamiliar form of the breast cancer disease. It can be called lobular cancer. This type has that growth pattern that is known to produce some shadows on that mammogram. This makes the cells become indistinguishable to the other normal tissues in the breast.

Research says that the mammography screenings has become less effective. This is because of the new treatment and advances that have been made to help in tackling the disease. There are negative reviews of the patients who went though the screening and thought they were safe only to be amazed later. They say that most of the time this type of screening missed the cancer.

This screening process that has been disowned by researchers takes so e time before it is done. There is a fee that you need to pay before you are screened. This is usually done by a specialist or the radiologists. They know what to look for when they are screening but most of the time the cancer cells are said to hide under the normal cells and this makes the specialist think that the patient is safe but that is not the case.

A number of researchers say that it is only safe to use this mammography San Diego CA screening on healthy women. The screening has to be done repeatedly to detect the early stages of cancer. For you to have it done you need to book and pay for the fee.




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