Breast Cancer Survivors Back Mammograms
New recs challenge their frequency; many women say mammograms saved their lives.
Women Who Say Mammograms Before 50 Saved Their Lives
Jaclyn Fletcher said she has diligently had her annual mammograms since she was 40. She said that at age 48, a mammogram detected a lump she could not feel with a breast self-exam -- a lump that turned out to be a stage II, aggressively spreading cancer that had spread to her lymph nodes.
"Without my annual mammogram I had this year at age 48, I shudder to think of how advanced my breast cancer would have been if I had to wait another two years, until age 50+ to get one... I cannot fathom how large [my tumor] may have grown and/or how far it may have spread if I waited an additional two years until after I reached the age of 50."
For more personal stories about breast cancer, visit BreastCancer.org. (Courtesy Jaclyn Fletcher)
