AMARILLO, TEXAS -- While the age of when women are required to get a mammogram maybe still unclear, one fact stands true, they save lives.
Friday, October 21, 2011 was National Mammography Day. A day that women everywhere should take action and get a mammogram.
Currently, 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer a year. 40,000 are lost to the disease. However, it's been a proven fact that getting mammograms and detecting the cancer early saves lives.
To those women who feel, "it won't happen to me," doctors say, think again.
"Yes, people who have family history or several members in their family who have cancer are at high risk. The most common scenario we see in the clinic is a young woman who is all fine, minding her own business and one fine morning felt a lump that turned out to be cancer,"said Dr. Rakhshanda L. Rahman, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology.
To ensure all Texas Panhandle women have access to preventative care and screenings,
Access to Breast Care for West Texas Projectis offering free mammograms to those who qualify. To find out if you do, representatives will be at Wal-Mart at 4610 South Coulter from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, Saturday, October 22nd.
