>> October is breast cancer awareness month and all month long news for jax’s been
talking about ways to keep
yourself.
Help the each year in the US
about 245,000 new cases of
breast cancer are diagnosed in
women. Another 2200 cases
affect men. The 5 year survival
rate is about
90%. More than 40,000 breast
cancer patients die every year
though so even though things
are getting better people are
still suffering. Joining us
this morning, a doctor Sharma
she is the chief of the
breast imaging Center at you
have helped the we appreciate
you coming on such an important
topic thank you so much for
having me so things have
changed a you
know recommendations is what is
the newest recommendation as
far as when to get screened for
breast cancer I think that’s a
very important question because
there is a lot of
confusing guidelines.
>> So be full of the
recommendations of the American
College
of radiology and we recommend
that average risk women them
and what not
high risk should stop it on the
screening mammograms at age 40
and that is no H to stop
mammography so of the men can
continue to have mammograms for
as long as that in
good help. The age 40 was
chosen because maximum benefit
of screening mammography us but
as a improving survivor and
reducing extensive treatment
happens been than August.
He started at age 40 and so 2
questions from that one.
We say 40 to go and get your
mammogram but really
before the age of 40 you should
be doing self-exam ops ability
to the gynecologist because
they also will do the exam for
you as well as U S.
>> He should be doing so figs
aunts and even off to 40 in
between Donald Graham’s you
should be doing said exams
because you know things can
happen in between
the mammograms as well
absolutely the other question I
had was that was for women who
don’t have a history women who
are not considered high Rick’s
yes, so for high-risk what is
the agent. What makes you hire
us. Yes,
so that a 7 high respect If you
have a strong family history.
But clearly if it
does in your up for sticking to
what is your mother mcdonough
and within
a grandmother.
>> if you have any kind of
genetic mutations that the
North that on the jeans that
that is associated the best
cancer rbs the Avon BRC 2 genes
on its somebody had any other
counselor at a very young age
and did they receive radiation
to the chest. Then that
puts them into high just got to
get into.
So if you have any of those
high the suspect is it is very
important that you’re going see
a physician
and at the UW to a high this
clinic, the have tools that can
determine if you get the fall
into the high
this category and for high-risk
them in screening
recommendations a different.
He’s been minted was screening
mammograms as early as ages, 25
to cut the
and they also may benefit from
supplement this and more guys
in addition to mammography.
>> Now is if somebody doesn’t
have the gene per se, but they
do still have a family history
and they’re still considered
high risk they could be so I
think you know if you think you
have high respect is that he
should go and see a position.
The tools that we have now to
really look.
It’s so much better to pick up
something that’s often they’re
right right.
So you know mammography of was
I first 2 and B have other
tools
to add. Now the have a special
technology be have
pretty mammography so this is a
this is a
paying and it is also quite
best almost at this is so this
is a technology that we have a
special type of next week too.
That moves and take much to put
pictures of the breast from
different angles. So you on
this have like a cat scan of
the best, you can go to there’s
a best issue and get a very
detailed picture. And that does
2 things firstly it allows us to find very small town says that he set it down says that
may not be visible on the
regular 2 d mammogram. And
the second thing is that
because we can see
so clearly the can tell if the
maliki is a real on if it’s too
late to overlap officials to be
have to quote fewer of them in
back 4.
Additional on this is city
testing that’s not yes, so
they’re worried they’re not
body. The yes absolutely spent.
I do want to ask about the new imaging centers that will be the last question but there’s a
lot more locations for people I
know some people it’s a hassle
have to travel but you have
some new locations opening yes,
yes, so the guy not gotten can
be have pre imaging in
different parts of the city
and they all offer advanced
imaging and image guided
procedures so that by itself is
very convenient patients
can go to the location to
disclose this to the home and
they have major projects coming
up that is you have by in that
County that is opening in
December 2019
and then the have ah the the
imaging Center in
Bay Meadows that will be
opening in March of 2020, but
that also offered screening a 3
D mammography and other I that