>> Melanie: IT WAS A LITTLE
UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE ON TV
ARBITRARY IT BUT THE TEST WAS SO
EASY AND FAST.
IN THE MOST RECENT RESEARCH FROM
2013 MORE THAN 230,000 WOMEN
WERE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST
CANCER.
WE WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS.
JOINING ME NOW MEDICAL
ONCOLOGIST Dr. JENNIFER
GROWSIER, AND YOU KNOW, I FIRST
HAVE TO SAY EVERYBODY WAS JUST
SO KIND.
THEY MAKE YOU FEEL SO
COMFORTABLE.
BECAUSE IT IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE
MOMENT.
YOU'RE EXPOSED.
SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE HANDLING
YOUR BREAST.
IN THE END IT DOESN'T HURT AND
YOU JUST HAVE TO KIND OF RELAX
AND LET IT HAPPEN.
>>> I THINK THE FIRST MAMMOGRAM
IS THE MOST ANXIETY PROVOKE, YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT TEST YOU'RE IT
IS GOING BE LIKE.
BUNS IT IST A TEAM OF
PROFESSIONALS IT CAN BE A LOT
LESS ANXIETY, AND 1 IT IS OVER
YOU GET THE EXPERIENCE AND IT IS
BETTER.
>>> YOU'RE LIKE, THAT'S A IT,
I'M GOOD.
>>> WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH THE
MA'AM GRAPHY TECH.
IT IS A MATTER OF RELACKING AND
MAKING SURE YOU GET IT WITHIN A
CERTAIN TIME OF YOUR PSYCH.
>> IT CAN BE DEFINITELY LESS
PAINFUL AFTER YOUR MENSTRUAL
CYCLE AND GETTING IT AT THAT
CERTAIN TIME SOMETIMES TAKING A
PAIN RELIEFER WITH OTHER
MEDICATIONS BEFORE YOU GO CAN
MAKE IT EASIER.
MOST WOMEN TOLERATE IT WELL
WITHOUT ANY MEDICATIONS.
>> Melanie: AND IT IS COVERED
BY INSURANCE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE
THERE ARE A LOT OF SUPPORT AND
RESOURCES YOU CAN GET IT DONE
FOR FREE.
TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND
WHAT IT REALLY DOES DETECT.
BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF SCARY.
THERE ARE FALSE-POSITIVES.
YOU SEE SOMETHING AND MAY HAVE
TO GO A STEP FURTHER TO MAKE
SURE IT IS SOMETHING OR NOTHING.
>>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE SCREENING AM GRAM START
GETTING AT AGE 40 TO GET IT
EVERY YEAR.
THE BENEFIT IS THAT WE CAN CATCH
BREAK BREAST CANCER EARLIESIER
WHEN THEY'RE CONTAINED IN THE
BREAST, THEY WE'RE ABLE TO CURE
OVER 90% OF THESE PATIENTS.
>> Melanie: AND YOU KNOW, IT
IS IN DIFFERENT STAGES.
MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSED IN HER
70s AT STAGE ZERO.
AT FIRST YOU'RE OH, NO, CANCER.
BUT ONCE YOU GO THROUGH THE
JOURNEY AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
IT.
THERE JUST THIS FEELING WHEN
I TALK TO PEOPLE YOU FEEL LIKE
SUPER WOMAN, ALMOS
YOU ENDURED SOMETHING AND COME
OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, VERY DIFFICULT TO
GET THE DIAGNOSIS.
BUT SURROUNDED BY A GOOD
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT YOU
KNOW WILL HELP YOU AND TRY TO
GET THAT TO CURE.
>>> AND CASES THAT ARE MORE
COMPLICATED SOMETHING THAT IS
VERY IMPRESSIVE IS THAT YOU DO
HAVE THAT MULTIDISCIPLINARY
APPROACH AND ALWAYS SOMETIMES
CONSULTING WITH DOCTORS IN
HOUSTON, AND I THINK THIS WAS
ALL AM MAJOR MAZING WHERE YOU
GET HE A ROOM AND TALK ABOUT YOU
GUYS COME TO A CONSENSUS THAT IS
BEST FOR THE PATIENT.
>>> WE WORK TOGETHER, SURGEON,
MEDICAL ONCOLOGISTS, RADIO
ONCOLOGISTS AND NAVIGATOR AND A
TEAM APPROACH.
>>> AND THE NUTRITIONIST, I
THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT CANCER.
WHAT CAN WE GO?
IT MAY BE HER REDTARY, IT MAY
JUST BE CHANCE.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN ALL
DO TO REDUCE OUR RISK OF CANCER.
>>>.
>>> GETTING SCREENING IS KEY.
GETTING A SCREENING EVERY YEAR,
HAVING A HEALTHY WEIGHT.
MAINTAIN THAT BY HAVING A
HEALTHY DIET AND THEN,
MAINTAINING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY,
ABOVE YOUR BASELINE.
WHATEVER THAT BASELINE I.
>>> AND REDUCING YOUR AMOUNT OF
MEAT THAT HELPS AS WELL.
>>> REDUCING RED MEAT AND
INCLUDING SMOKING.
>> Melanie: WHICH IS NOT
ALWAYS EASY, I GET AND HELPS IN
A LOT OF AREAS OF YOUR LIFE.
I REALLY HOPE IF YOU WERE ON THE
FENCE THAT THESE STORIES WILL
HELP YOU GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR
MAMMOGRAM YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE
TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER, AND WE