"Wonderful! This is the nicest women’s clinic or Health Center I have ever been to – across the U.S. Everything was so clean and pretty! Lovely music, beautiful pictures, loved the big-mirrored cabinet and the nice robe to wear, personnel all very nice!"
-BHC Patient
Resources
Breast Cancer Facts & Early Detection
It's the goal of the Providence Breast Health Center to dramatically reduce the loss of life and grief associated with breast cancer in our community. How can we accomplish this goal? The answer is simple but daunting - early detection. Far too many women over 40 years of age fail to get an annual mammography screening. Providence Breast Health Center was designed and built to attract more and more women to seek out these vital annual exams.
Mammograms can find cancer before you can even feel it! Catching breast cancer at an early stage will give you more treatment options and better outcomes. Early detection can literally save your life! How can you help? Know your facts!
Facts:
- 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer
- 96% of women who find and treat breast cancer early will be cancer free after five years
- The risk of breast cancer increases with age, so every woman is at risk
- Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women and the second most common cause of death among women
- More than 1 in 4 cancers in women are breast cancer
- About 90% of breast cancers are due not to heredity, but to genetic abnormalities that happen as a result of the aging process and life in general
- The first sign of breast cancer shows up on a mammogram long before it can be felt through a self-exam
- A woman is never too young to develop breast cancer. Breast self-exam should begin by the age of 20
- Over 80% of breast lumps are non-cancerous
Resources - Center for Disease Control, Breastcare.org, National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society
Credible Links
| American Cancer Society | www.cancer.org |
| The Central Texas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Susan G. Komen for the Cure |
www.komencentraltexas.org www.komen.org |
| BreastCancer.org | www.breastcancer.org www.beasurvivor.com |
| Imaginis | www.imaginis.com |
| ACR/RSNA | www.radiologyinfo.org |
| New York Online Access to Health | www.noah-health.org (A-Z health topics) |
| Living Beyond Breast Cancer | www.lbbc.org (click "for patients") |
| CancerCare | www.cancercare.org |
| National Cancer Institute | www.cancer.gov |
| Breast Cancer: Network of Strength | www.networkofstrength.org |
| Young Survival Coalition | www.youngsurvival.org (women under 40) |
| National Lymphedema Network | www.lymphnet.org |
| American Society of Breast Surgeon | www.breastsurgeons.org |
| American Society of Plastic Surgeons | www.plasticsurgery.org |
| MammoPad | www.mammopad.com |
Online Risk Assessments
Breast Cancer
http://www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool/
Osteoporosis
http://www.iofbonehealth.org/patients-public/risk-test.html
***These tests do not diagnose you with breast cancer or osteoporosis. They are intended to tell you if you have any clinically proved risk factors that may lead to either disease.
Grants
The Central Texas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has provided us with a grant for 2012 to provide mammograms and other breast health services for those with no insurance who cannot afford their exams. If you or someone you know is restricted from getting this vital annual exam due to finances, please call Providence Breast Health Center at 537-1711 or the Susan G. Komen - Central Texas office at 753-3037 for more information.
Previous Patients of Cecilia Mitchell Breast Center
