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Your Questions about Breast Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Local Follow-up
Summary

Introduction
- Breast cancer
- Mastology at the Bordet Institute
- The Bordet Institute Mastology Unit
 
Breast monitoring
- Which part does a woman play in her breast monitoring ?
- At which age does monitoring must start and at which rate ?
- When may I stop monitoring ?
 
Screening
- What does free, "mass" screening or screening mammography consist in ?
- What does personalised screening consist in ?
- How does screening take place in our Mastology Unit ?
- What is a certified centre ?
- Where can Ii find information to get the list of all the certified centres ?
- Has screening quality been improving over the last years ?
 
Breast cancer frequence
- Is it common to have cancer?
- Does the number of breast cancer rise ?
- Does the probability of having breast cancer among young women is more important than before ?
 
The breast cancer risk factors
- What are the factors that increase the risk of developing breast cancer ?
- Can I do something to decrease the risk of developing breast cancer ?
- Does stress play a part in triggering breast cancer ?
- What about family or genetic factors ?
 
Available techniques
- When do we have to undergo mammography ?
- How does breast cancer look on the scan ?
- Is there any injury that we can't see on the mammograph or on the ultrasound ?
- When do we have to get an ultrasound ?
- What is the part of the CT scan or the breast resonance ?
- What do we have to do when we discover an abnormality on the scan ?
- Are tissue samplings dangerous when they are withdrawn from a cancerous nodule ?
- Are diagnosis techniques reliable ?
- Are diagnosis techniques dangerous regarding radiation ?
- How is it possible to discover a cellular biomass several months following a mammography ?
 
Conclusions

 

Booklet made thanks to the support of the ASBL " Les amis de l'Institut Bordet "
The booklet was made by Doctor C. van de Merckt, Head of Clinic assistant of the Bordet Institute Radiology Service, in consultation with Professor J. Dagnelie.
We deeply thank Doctors D. de Valeriola, V. D'Hondt, JM. Nogaret, C. Philippson and M. Piccart for their advice and comments.

 

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