One woman shares her struggles and fears

Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Editor's note: The National Cancer Institute reports that one out of every eight women will get breast cancer in her lifetime. Women between the ages of 20 and 39 should have a clinical breast exam every three years, while women 40-years and older need to have an clinical exam every year along with a mammogram. Finding breast cancer early means more options for treatment and a greater chance of survival, which is why breast self-examinations and mammograms are so important. But many women, for various reasons, still do not have them done. What follows is staff writer Ivy Herron's observations about her personal history of having preventative mammograms as a way to deter cancer.

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