Women Affairs

So many times we had to learn from the tragedy that befalls others and make some checks on ourselves. That’s is the case with ABC "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts who has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be undergoing surgery Friday. Report on her illness reveals: “I never thought I'd be writing this ... I have breast cancer. It all started a few weeks ago. We had gotten the news that our dear colleague and friend, Joel Siegel, had passed away and we began preparing for our special tribute show for him. I did a piece about Joel's courageous battle with cancer reporting on the way my friend had lived his life and been such a successful advocate for the importance of early cancer screenings. That very night when I went to bed, I did a self breast exam and found something that women everywhere fear: I found a lump.” This is a lesson for all especially when its possible to find out these things ourselves. So in situation like this it necessary to go ...

Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center recently upgraded their mammography screening from film to digital. Radiologists are now able to detect breast cancer better than they could before. With digital mammography imaging, the darkroom is eliminated and the breast images are captured and read on a computer, KMMC Diagnostic Imaging Director Gordon Rintala said. The radiologist can manipulate the computer image with brightness, contrast and magnification, which allows for earlier and improved detection of breast cancers, he said. “It’s the biggest breakthrough in mammography,” Rintala said. The radiologist just found his first cancer that he wouldn’t have found with film. “That’s what it’s all about,” he said. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women between the ages of 15 and 54, and the second cause of cancer deaths in women 55 to 74, according to a Fuji-film Medical Systems document. Early detection through mammography is the most promising approach for reducing the toll ...