Think about it: where would you be today, if not for mammography?
Me? I’d probably be dead. My breast cancer was found as a result of my annual mammogram. Even knowing exactly where it was, no one–not me, the radiologist, the oncologist, the surgeon–could feel that 2cm invasive tumor. If I’d skipped my mammogram that sunny May day–decided to play hooky, thought I was too busy, couldn’t find a parking space at the hospital–how long would it have been till I’d have noticed this...
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