Schedule Your Screening Mammo.
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- Fill out the online form
- Submit a request
How to Prepare For Your Screening Mammogram
Please let us know if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or have experienced new lumps or changes in your breasts.
A screening mammogram usually only takes about ten minutes.
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Please bring your insurance card with you to your exam.
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Do not use deodorant, powder, perfumes, or creams under your arms or on or around your breasts (or be prepared to wash them off before the exam).
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Wear an outfit with a separate top and bottom.
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Bring any mammography images and reports you have that were not done at Health Images
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If you have sensitive breasts, schedule your mammogram at a time when your breasts are least sensitive.
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Arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment time.
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You will disrobe from the waist up and put on a robe.
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The radiologist will position your breast on a platform and then compress the breast with a paddle. This will even out the breast so that all of the breast tissue can be better visualized.
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Two views of each breast will be taken for a screening mammogram. Some women may need to have more pictures taken to see as much breast tissue as possible.The technologist will reposition you between views.
Should I get a screening mammogram or a diagnostic mammogram?
If you are over 40 years old and have no symptoms or signs of breast cancer and are considered at average risk for breast cancer.
Diagnostic mammograms are used after suspicious results on a screening mammogram or after some signs of breast cancer alert the physician to check the tissue.
Such signs may include:
- A lump
- Breast pain
- Nipple discharge
- Thickening of skin on the breast
- Changes in the size or shape of the breast
A screening looks for signs of cancer.
This exam is done yearly in women aged 40 and older who have no breast symptoms of changes in their breast exam.
The goal of a screening mammogram is to find breast cancer when it’s too small to be felt by a woman or her doctor. Finding breast cancers early greatly improves a woman’s chance for successful treatment.