What Types of Breast Cancer Are There?
Sunday, 20 June 2021
WHAT TYPES OF BREAST CANCER ARE THERE? Breast cancer comes in different types, degrees of aggressiveness (grades), and extent of disease (stages). To best explain the different types of cancer, we need to first discuss the normal anatomy of the breast. The breast tissue consists of glands whose purpose is to produce the milk,
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How Ethnicity Affects Your Breast Cancer Risk
Monday, 31 May 2021
Race and ethnicity impact a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. In fact, the lifetime risk of breast cancer for women in the U.S. is 12-13% %, but that rate is misleading without factoring in other factors such as hereditary risks of ethnicity, and socioeconomics. The highest rate of new breast cancer cases overall is
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THE WOMEN’S IMAGING CENTER-What’s in the name?
Monday, 10 May 2021
The Women’s Imaging Center is the premier Mammography Service and Medical Diagnostic Imaging Center in Colorado serving Denver/Cherry Creek, Lakewood, Highlands Ranch, and Westminster. It may seem like a constellation of words, but those particular words “The Women’s Imaging Center” uniquely identify our brand throughout Colorado. These words form the definition and the criteria
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Experience Matters-WHO IS READING YOUR MAMMOGRAM?
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
WHO’S READING YOUR MAMMOGRAM- EXPERIENCE MATTERS! Whether you have had a mammogram before or whether it’s a new experience, let’s discuss what you and your imaging center can do ahead of time to be prepared. The purpose of the x-ray is to distinguish normal structures that are components of the breast such as glandular
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BREAST IMAGING AND COVID IMMUNIZATION
Monday, 29 March 2021
Do BOTH your COVID-19 immunization and your mammogram. Delaying your diagnostic mammogram or screening mammogram may result in finding breast cancer later. The Women’s Imaging Center (The Women’s Imaging Center) sent a clear message from the beginning that we agree with the Mayo Clinic Recommendations in doing BOTH without delaying the mammogram or the COVID
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Breast Density 101
Wednesday, 08 August 2018
DO YOU HAVE DENSE BREASTS… AND WHY IS DENSITY IMPORTANT? There is a wide range of normal appearances to breasts, both visually and on mammography. One of the important ways breasts differ on mammography is the breast tissue density. Breasts are composed of many types of tissues including fat, supporting structures like cooper’s ligaments, vessels,
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