Breast Radiology

Breast cancer is the number one killer out of all cancers  in women globally. Most of the recorded cases are those presented with symptoms are of advanced stage at the time of diagnosis.

Early diagnose may help the patient to get better treatment options by giving them the best chance to be survived.

There are various methods of diagnosing breast cancer early

Self breast examination

Clinical breast examination

Ultra sound scanning

Mammogram

Breast self examination

The woman can examine the breast by herself

The method of self breast examination Is as follow

Check for  pain, lump, nipple discharge, nipple retraction, skin infiltration ,skin erythemia, Asymmetry of the both breast

Clinical breast examination 

If the woman find any abnormality by the SBE She should go to the physician or a surgeon

He or She will examine you

Ultra sound scan

Will be done by well expert radiologist 

Mammography

Mammography is the safe and low dose x-ray examination of the breast .It helps to diagnose the breast cancer when it is too small to be felt by the woman by herself or the surgeon .Two  x-ray images are taken basically in each side. Some times an additional x-rays are taken to demonstrate any suspicious lesion found on the basic  projections. I n mammography  the breast   is compressed By a compression plate attached to the mammography equipment. The compression of the breast may be uncomfortable to the woman and some time pain full. But the compression is essential to produced good quality images.

There are two types of mammograms

Diagnostic mammogram ( symptomatic women)

Mammogram are done for the patient with sympstoms

With the result ofself breast examination and the clinical breast examination women may be refered to the diagnostic mammogram

• Screening mammograms (Asymptomatic)

It has been found that cancers are rapidly grow at the age of early menopause. There for women should begin their screening mammogram at the age of 40,S.Screening mammograms are  also done for the women with high risk factors to the breast cancer

Early menarche

Late menopause

Family history of breast cancer

Women with hormone therapy for long term

These mammograms films are reported by well expert radiologist with the association of ultra sound scan

These reports should be protected carefully and you will be called up for repeat mammograms with the various intervals according to the findings of the previous  mammograms

After the mammography women may be referred  to the additional diagnostic methods If there is any suspicious lesion in the mammography films

Fine needle aspiration

Breast biopsies

Bresat MRI

Treatments available

Radiotherapy

Cheamotherapy

Mastectomy ( Early diagnose of breast cancer helps  to have less physical damage to the breast)

For a diagnostic mammography your surgeon or physician may refer you to the radiologists. The radiologists will arrange you an appointment for mammography

For a screening mammography you can meet a radiologist  who is qualified for reporting mammograms  and he or she may arrange you a mammogram

You should prepare for your mammography before the procedure