Articles of category "Breast Cancer Testing"

There are a variety of breast cancer tests that doctors use to examine your breasts to search for signs of breast cancer. One of the most important and basic tests you can also do is a self-examination. It requires no special equipment or tools and is one of the easiest of breast cancer tests. 7 out of 10 lumps in the breast are found by the woman, not a doctor, and 9 out of 10 of those finds come during self-examination.

The latest breast cancer test does not involve the identification of breast cancer cells. In that respect, it is quite different from the standard test for cervical cancer. The test that serves to supplement the mammogram is an assay developed by a company that makes diagnostic kits. When used together, those two tests can decrease chances that a breast cancer will stay undetected.