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Mammograms are often talked about during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sometimes the gossip that is associated with mammograms can be intimidating and may lead you to not get your necessary screening. The conversations can revolve around the ideas that mammograms don’t help and they’re inaccurate. But can you tell fact from gossip?
Jane Marie Jeske, MD, Radiology at NorthShore, clears up the confusion that clouds mammograms. If you have any questions or concerns about mammograms, be sure to talk to your doctor.
Did you schedule your annual mammogram? Make sure to remind your family and friends to schedule theirs.