WINTER 2019
A bump in the road
Thanks to early detection, Diane’s cancer didn’t stand a chance.
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hat you don’t know about had no family history of breast cancer,” your health can hurt you. Mrs. Walter says. A few days later, she Screening tests have played received a call from Women’s Imaging to Foundation News
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a major role in improving cancer survival
rates by allowing doctors to detect and
Indeed, Mrs. Walter’s mammogram
treat cancer before it even triggers came back abnormal. Further tests and
symptoms. For example, mammograms a biopsy confirmed a tumor. Fortunately,
can help identify about 87 percent it was small and still in its early stages. “It
of women who have breast cancer, was really the best-case scenario,” Mrs.
depending on factors such as breast Walter says. “My doctor told me this was
density. With this early detection, the going to be just a bump in the road.”
patient has more treatment options
surgery to remove the tumor, followed
However, many patients choose to skip by 16 days of radiation therapy. About
these screenings—they think the test is half of all cancer patients will need
only for those who have symptoms, or radiation therapy during the course of
they aren’t in a high-risk group, or the their treatment. A linear accelerator
tests cause discomfort, etc. delivers radiation with pinpoint accuracy
Station went to her annual physical, her
doctor recommended a mammogram,
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Within a week, Mrs. Walter had
and an increased probability of survival.
When Diane Walter of College
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to target and treat tumors while sparing
surrounding healthy tissue.
“I didn’t have many side effects from the
a standard breast cancer screening for radiation, except some fatigue,” Mrs. Walter
women over age 50. “He was putting says. “I was still able to run 5ks and train for
in the order for the test, but I kept a half marathon. And when I did have a skin
thinking about how busy I was. I thought reaction, they got me in that same day to
it would be ok to put it off because I make sure everything was alright.”
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