CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE. THIS IS NEWS
6 AT 09:00AM
GETTING RESULTS.
>> BRIDGETT: IT IS THE SECOND
MOST COMMON CANCER IN US WOMEN,
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY CANCER IS
EXPECTED TO KILL MORE THAN
42,000 WOMEN
THIS YEAR. ONE RECENT STUDY
SHOWS MANY WERE AVOIDING
SCREENINGS DURING THE EARLY
WEEKS OF
THE PANDEMIC NOW DURING CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH DOCTORS ARE
URGING WOMEN TO
GET CHECKED. MORNING ANCHOR AND
HEALTH REPORTER KIRSTEN
O’CONNOR IS STANDING BY NOW
TO ASK DOCTOR ASK A DOCTOR IS
SPONSORED BY CAN BE THE PRIMARY
CARE FOR SENIORS.
>> CANDACE: WELL I RECENTLY
CHATTED WITH DOCTOR TAKE SHELL
PATEL THE DIRECTOR OF IMAGING
AT OSCEOLA REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER.
SHE SAYS NOW THAT OFFICERS ARE
BACK OPEN IT’S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WOMEN START BACK ON THEIR
SCREENING MAMMOGRAMS SCHEDULE
BECAUSE THE
ANNUAL SCREENING IS NOT
SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SKIP WHEN
YOU DON’T HAVE HIGH RISK
FACTORS. SHE RECOMMENDS WOMEN
START GETTING THOSE ANNUAL
MAMMOGRAMS AT THE AGE OF 40.
>> ONE YEAR.
>> CAN MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE
SO IF YOU SCANNED BEEN USED TO
CALL MY LAST YEAR MY MAMMOGRAM
WAS OK.
>> NOW IT’S VERY IMPORTANT AND
I KNOW RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WERE LIVING
UNDER. PEOPLE ARE SCARED.
BUT THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT
EXAM BECAUSE A
MAMMOGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO
DETECT A VERY SMALL THINGS
WHICH ARE NOT GOING TO ABLE
TO FEEL AND SO IT’S AN
ESSENTIAL EXAM
TO GET.
>> NOW THIS LADY LUCKILY CAME
IN LAST YEAR HAD NOTHING.
CAME IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR YOU
CAN SEE.
THIS BIG MASS IN THE RIGHT
DRESS NOW
MIND YOU WHEN WE ASKED ARE WE
DO A SCREENING YOU KNOW YOU
FEEL ANYTHING ANY PAIN
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
WAS NORMAL. THERE WAS NO PAIN
THERE WAS YOU KNOW ANY KIND OF
NOTHING BUT SHE HAD A PRETTY
BIG CANCER. AND WE BROUGHT HER
BACK IN HER BUS SEAT SHE’S
ALREADY HAD TREATMENT WITHIN A
MONTH AND. SHE’S GOT A GOOD
SURVIVAL RATE.
>> CANDACE: SO AS YOU CAN SEE
FROM THAT EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE
EARLY DETECTION CAN SAVE LIVES
AND THAT’S WHY SCREENINGS LIKE
MAMMOGRAMS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
ANOTHER QUESTION THAT DOCTOR
PATEL ANSWERED HOW FAST CAN ONE
OF THESE TYPES OF TUMORS GROW.
>> JULIE: I HAVE SEEN WHERE
PATIENTS ONCE CAME TO I BELIEVE
IS THE FEBRUARY MONTH OF
FEBRUARY.
WE DID A SCREENING MAMMOGRAM
NOTHING CLEAN CLAIM DRESS.
AND SHE. FELT A LUMP WITHIN
6 WEEKS. AND SHE CAME BACK SHE
WENT TO A DOCTOR DOCTORS THAT
ARE READY TO GO BACK AT MORE
IMAGES GOING ULTRASOUND.
I THINK IT WAS THE END OF MARCH
CAME IN WE
WERE LIKE OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW
AND AND SHE AND THAT WAS A BIG
DEVELOP WITHIN 6 WEEKS AND IT
WAS PALPABLE TOO YOU CAN FEEL
IT.
I HAVE SEEN WHERE PATIENTS ONCE
CAME TO I BELIEVE IS THE
FEBRUARY MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
WE DID A SCREENING MAMMOGRAM
NOTHING CLEAN CLAIM DRESS.
AND SHE. FELT A LUMP WITHIN
6 WEEKS. AND SHE CAME BACK SHE
WENT TO A DOCTOR DOCTORS THAT
ARE READY TO GO BACK AT MORE
IMAGES GOING ULTRASOUND.
I THINK IT WAS THE END OF MARCH
CAME IN AND
WERE LIKE OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW
AND AND SHE AND THAT WAS A BIG
DEVELOP WITHIN 6 WEEKS AND IT
WAS PALPABLE TOO YOU CAN FEEL
IT ON SOMETHING IT’S 5
MILLIMETERS. YOU MAY NOT SEE IT
RIGHT AWAY.
BUT SO IT CAN HAPPEN, I’VE SEEN
IN
ONE MONTH.
>> COMPLETE CLEAN OF THE NEXT
MONTH NOW IN THOSE KIND OF
CASES IF YOU ARE GOING TO FEEL
SYMPTOMS.
>> JULIE: YOU CAN.
>> NOW SHE DID SAY THAT SOME OF
THOSE POWERFUL BULL RAHM’S THAT
YOU CAN FEEL SOMETIMES
DEPENDING ON
THE WOMAN ARE NOT SIGNS OF
CANCER, SO THAT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOUR BODY AND
BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
ABOUT THAT DOCTOR PATEL
RECOMMENDS GENETIC TESTING ON A
CASE BY CASE BASIS, ESPECIALLY
FOR YOUNGER PATIENTS.
YOU KNOW WE’RE SEEING I’M
SEEING CASES WHERE THE PATIENTS
ARE YOUNGER AND YOUNGER YOU
KNOW I SEE QUITE A FEW IN THE
30’S 20’S.
>> EVEN 40’S PEOPLE THINK OH IT
DOESN’T REALLY HAPPEN TILL
AFTER
50 AND YES. MAJORITY CANCERS
DAY OF HER YOU KNOW AFTER
BUT THERE’S STILL QUITE A THAT
ARE OCCURRING IN THE 30’S
AND 40’S. AND SOME 20’S AND
THOSE 20 USUALLY THEY’RE GOING
TO HAVE SOME STRONG FAMILY
HISTORY OR THERE’S A GENETIC.
MARK OR SOMETHING ASSOCIATED
WITH IT. BUT THE 34 YEAR OLDS A
LOT
OF THEM. YOU KNOW PART IN
HISTORY, NO GENETIC MARKERS,
NOTHING.
>> AND A LOT OF THAT GENETIC
TESTING CAN BE DONE. USING A
GENETIC COUNSELOR, WE HAVE A
CANCER CENTER RIGHT HERE IN
ORLANDO, WHERE YOU CAN CONNECT
WITH A GENETIC COUNSELOR AND
TALK ABOUT RISKS AND THE
BENEFITS OF DOING THAT
GENETIC TESTING. NOW DOCTOR
PATEL RECOGNIZE THE FEAR THAT
SOME PATIENTS STILL HAVE ABOUT
MAMMOGRAMS. BUT SHE SAYS THAT
TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED SO MUCH
IN
RECENT YEARS. IT’S REALLY NOT A
PAINFUL PROCESS AND THE AMOUNT
OF RADIATION FROM A MAMMOGRAM
IS
SO LOW. SHE SAYS YOU CAN GET
MORE RADIATION FROM BEING ON
AN AIRPLANE AND GOING AND
GETTING YOUR ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM
SCREENING SO KEEP IN MIND THESE
SCREENINGS ARE LIFESAVING
THERE’S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
SCHEDULE TODAY. I KNOW I’VE
DONE MANY STORIES ABOUT GET A
MAMMOGRAM GIVE A MAMMOGRAM
ABOUT WOMEN GOING TOGETHER TO
GO GET LUNCH ONE DAY AND
SCHEDULING
THEIR MAMMOGRAMS ON THE SAME
AFTERNOON. SO THAT IT’S NOT SO
SCARY HAVE SOMEBODY WITH YOU DO
WHATEVER YOU HAVE
TO DO. BUT JUST REMEMBER THAT
THIS IS NOT THE YEAR TO SKIP
YOUR MAMMOGRAM, I’LL SEND IT
BACK TO YOU LADIES, YES, AND
YOU KNOW IT’S GREAT TO HAVE
YOUR BUDDY TOO SO YOU CAN