Jeanne's Endo Blog: Endometriosis Patients Are At Increased Risk For Breast Cancer... Have You Had Your Mammogram?? (UPDATED With Resources)

Due to family history (benign lumpectomy in first degree relative) and my personal, long-standing history of fibrocystic breasts, I received my first mammogram at age 37. It was normal. I was advised to return in 3 years. I just turned 40. So it was time for my next mammogram. A few days ago, I had one. It was normal. I thought I'd write a blog post about breast cancer here because research shows that women with endometriosis are at increased risk for certain types of cancer, including breast cancer.

Update added here:

UPDATE:

Addititonal resources...

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program)

Susan G. Komen for the Cure “Early Detection and Screening”

See below for more details...

Excerpt below is taken from this link from the Endometriosis Association (EA's Research Page - "Environmental Health Watch" Section):

"This landmark study has been followed by other research which supports these findings, including recent studies which reveal that women with endometriosis and their families have a greater risk of developing breast cancer, ovarian cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and melanoma".

This public service announcement was posted on YouTube on June 19, 2008. Here is its description: "Powerful new breast cancer psa using showing the devastating effects of breast cancer from a male point of view from Serve Marketing"

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January 12, 2009

NEW NEWS STORY: MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH IN ENGLAND:
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CBS News Story dated January 12, 2009: "A medical breakthrough in England could help keep the breast cancer gene from being passed on to future generations. Teri Okita reports".

This is info about the genes discussed in the video clip above:

BRCA 1 and 2: a pair of genes involved in breast cancer

Have you had your mammogram?

Related links:

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008 Phthalates And Other Toxic Chemicals... What Are They And Why Should We Care??

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008 Endometriosis Blog: The Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer For Endometriosis Patients

This article was posted by Jeanne via "Jeanne's Endo Blog" at www.endendoat.blogspot.com.