Radiologist Reveals What She Does to Look Out for Breast Cancer
Approximately one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. In recent years, incidence rates of the disease have risen by 0.6 percent every year, especially among younger women.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women, proving fatal for roughly one in 40 of those affected. The earlier the cancer is identified, the more likely it is to be treated successfully. So, what signs should you look out for to spot breast cancer early?
Newsweek spoke to breast radiologist Dr. Anjali Malik to find out.
"One of the things that I always tell my patients about their self-exam, when it comes to looking for signs and symptoms, is that it's very important to know their normal," Malik told Newsweek. "If you don't know your normal, you won't know when something's abnormal. We do have normal lumps and bumps, and if we were to react to each one of those we'd be driving ourselves crazy."
