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What to know about breast self-awareness and how it fits into cancer prevention
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What to know about breast self-awareness and how it fits into cancer prevention

  • By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer

Breast self-awareness is a more flexible approach to preventing breast cancer that goes along with other essential screening measures. Two decades ago, doctors began recommending breast self-awareness as an alternative to self-exams — the monthly, methodical checks for changes to breast size or shape while applying pressure or lying down. Instead, they now suggest staying aware of how the breasts look and feel while going about daily life and reporting any changes to the doctor. It's also important to maintain normal screening routines, including having mammograms yearly or every other year starting at age 40.

San Mateo unites in pink
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San Mateo unites in pink

  • By Adriana Hernandez Daily Journal correspondent

While changing her bra, Jackie Pelka felt a lump in her breast starting to develop in May 2019. “I was under the age of 40, so I wasn’t bold e…

Celebrities are getting $2,000 MRI scans to learn about their health. Should you?
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Celebrities are getting $2,000 MRI scans to learn about their health. Should you?

  • By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer

Celebrities and influencers are helping promote high-tech medical scans that companies claim can help catch deadly diseases, including cancer. Some experts warn the experimental approach may lead to extra worries and unnecessary treatment. The scans are being pitched to people who are willing to pay a premium to learn more about their health. The scans aren't cheap. Companies like Prenuvo charge more than $2,000 for a full-body MRI scan. Medical societies don't recommend routine MRI scans in healthy individuals and insurers don't cover them.

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Cancer death rates declining

  • The Associated Press
  • Updated

WASHINGTON — The rate of cancer cases diagnosed in the United States has stabilized, but the cancer death rate continues to decline, including…