White House Turns Pink in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. During this period, we recognize the importance of early detection of breast cancer in the USA. Breast Cancer affects 1 out of 8 women in the USA. Most of us have family members, friends and coworkers who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Our office, Woman to Woman Gynecology – lvgyn.com – joins in this campaign to help women with early detection of breast cancer. We offer physical exams and referrals for mammograms, ultrasounds and MRIs of breasts for the early detection of breast cancer. We refer patients to breast surgeons for definitive surgical treatments. We offer referrals for genetic counseling for those patients with family members affected by breast cancer.
Early detection and breast health awareness are critical to long term survival from breast cancer. A breast cancer diagnosed early and treated immediately will result in best health outcomes. When a breast cancer is found localized within the breast and without having metastasized elsewhere in our body has a 5 year survival rate of 99 percent according to the American Cancer Society Read more
The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool also called the Gail Model allows medical professionals to estimate a patient’s risk of developing invasive breast cancer over a period of 5 years up to age 90. The Gail Model uses personal history, reproductive history and breast cancer history among her first degree relatives to estimate the probability of developing invasive breast cancer in a defined age interval. Read more
The importance of early diagnosis and support of the patients, family and medical professionals in the fight against breast cancer has been highlighted by the White House in their statement. Read more To celebrate this commitment the White house turned pink !
In Las Vegas, local diagnostic centers offer 100 dollar mammograms for the screening evaluations of patient with no insurance.
Please contact our office for a consultation and screening referrals.
Please call us at 702-531-5400 or go to our web page Woman To Woman Gynecology