LBreast cancer is the most common cancer in France. On average, nearly 60,000 new cases are detected each year. Diagnosed and treated early, it heals in nine out of ten cases. To take care of your cancer as quickly as possible, a key word: screening. In a broadcast of PuMS – For better health – broadcast on YouTube, the Pr Boris Hansel – professor of medicine/hospital practitioner – University of Paris / Bichat Hospital – AP-HP – recalls the importance of screening for cancer be you on the occasion of Pink October, the month dedicated to the prevention of this cancer.
Women between the ages of 50 and 74 are the main people concerned by organized screening. As soon as you enter your fifties (and every two years in the absence of symptoms and high risk), you will receive an invitation to breast cancer screening at home to be carried out by a certified radiologist. On the program: a clinical breast examination and a mammography with two pictures per breast. If this mammogram is deemed normal, it is systematically re-read by a second expert radiologist. These examinations are completely free for the patient and 100% covered by the Health Insurance without any advance payment.
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