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Mammogram Locations
How to schedule an appointment. Kaiser Permanente mammogram locations, and find other locations.
Breast Cancer Screening
Mammogram recommendations by age and risk factors, and who should get genetic screening.
- Health Article description.A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast. It can be done to screen for breast cancer. It can also be done to check lumps and other changes in the breast. It can show tumors or abnormal areas that are too small for you or your doctor to feel. Types of mammograms include: Standard mammogram. It puts images of the breast on...
- Health Article description.A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast. It can be done to screen for breast cancer and to check lumps in the breast. It can show tumors or abnormal areas that are too small for you or your doctor to feel. There are different types of mammograms. A 3D mammogram uses X-rays from many angles to make a 3D image of the...
- Health Article description.Discusses mammogram, an X-ray test of the breasts used to screen for breast problems. Covers at what ages women should have a mammogram. Discusses how it is done and how to prepare for it. Covers possible results.
- Health Article description.Learn how to prepare and what you can expect during a screening mammogram.
- Health Article description.Provides info on breast cancer for women who have been diagnosed for the first time. Discusses symptoms and how breast cancer is diagnosed. Covers mammogram and clinical breast exam. Discusses treatment options, including mastectomy and chemotherapy.
- Health Article description.Dense breast tissue is seen on a mammogram. There are different types of tissue inside your breasts. Some breast tissue is fatty. Other breast tissue is dense. "Dense" means it has more milk glands, milk ducts, and fibrous tissue than fatty tissue. It is common to have dense breasts. Dense breast tissue and fatty breast...
- You can request copies of your radiology digital images; such as an X-ray or a mammogram by contacting your Kaiser Permanente Washington clinic.
- Health Article description.A breast ultrasound uses sound waves to make a picture of the tissues inside the breast. A breast ultrasound can show all areas of the breast, including the area closest to the chest wall, which is hard to study with a mammogram. Breast ultrasound does not use X-rays or other potentially harmful types of radiation. A...
- Health Article description.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves to make pictures of the breast. It does not use X-rays. An MRI may show problems in the breast that can't be seen on a mammogram, ultrasound, or CT scan. The MRI makes pictures that show your breast's normal structure; tissue damage or...
- Health Article description.A breast biopsy removes a sample of breast tissue that is looked at under a microscope to check for breast cancer or other problems. A breast biopsy is usually done to check a breast lump or to look at a suspicious area found on a mammogram, an ultrasound, or an MRI. There are several ways to do a breast biopsy. The...
- Health Article description.What is inflammatory breast cancer? Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare, fast-growing type of breast cancer. It is often called IBC for short. Unlike other breast cancers, this type of cancer may not cause a lump in the breast. So screening mammograms often fail to catch it early. Because it grows so fast, it usually...
- Health Article description.Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) is an abnormal overgrowth of cells within the milk ducts of the breast. ADH is not cancer. But having ADH increases the risk of breast cancer. ADH is usually found with a mammogram. It is diagnosed with a biopsy of the breast. If you have ADH, it is important to have follow-up testing...
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