Early detection starts with YOU
The American Cancer Society recommends the following guidelines—the “ABCs” of breast health—for finding breast cancer early in women without symptoms:
- A screening mammogram - baseline by age 40, then yearly thereafter.*
- Breast self-exam (BSE) every month for women age 20 and over.**
- Clinical breast exam every 3 years, ages 20-39; yearly after age 40.
*The Women's Health Center Coach makes mammography screenings convenient by bringing them right to your neighborhood or work place.
Sign up for an e-mail reminder for your annual mammogram from the American Cancer Society.
Don’t have insurance or the ability to pay?
Call the Women’s Health Center or your local Regional Health District to learn about options through Breast and Cervical Health Programs. [ View the Coach Calendar ]
**Specially-trained nurses at the Women's Health Center can provide you with diagrams and instructions to help you do BSE properly.
Breast Cancer 101
Know the signs, weigh your risks, take the steps for early detection. It can save your life.
Risk Factors:
- Age (your risk increases with age)
- Genetics
- Family history of breast cancer
- Race (white women are at a slightly higher risk)
- Alcohol use
- Weight
Signs & Symptoms
- A new lump or mass
- Swelling of all or part of a breast (even without a lump)
- Breast or nipple pain
- Nipple retraction (turning inward)
- Redness or thickening of the nipple or breast skin
- A discharge other than breast milk
For more information, contact:
Sacred Heart Women's Health Center
Main Floor, West Tower
101 W 8th Ave [ map ]
Spokane, WA 99204
Phone: (509) 474-2400
Toll Free: (877) 474-2400
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