Breast Health

It is essential that women and their loved ones know that early detection is the key to surviving breast cancer. There are three simple steps to ensure that if you are the 1 in 8 to be diagnosed, you and or your doctor will find it in its earliest stages.

Three Steps to Breast Health:

1. Starting at age 40*, have an annual screening mammography. *Some women with a family history of breast cancer or other concerns may be advised by a trained medical professional to start earlier than age 40.
2. At age 20 – and at least every three years – have a clinical breast exam by a healthcare professional. Women age 40 and over should have a clinical breast exam every year.
3. At age 20, begin doing monthly breast self-exams. For an excellent multi-media demonstration on how to do a breast self-exam visit the Komen on-line BSE bi-lingual demonstration. English | Spanish

Save your life or that of someone you love by practicing the 3 Steps to Breast Health and encouraging loved ones to do the same. Because these steps are so important to your health and future, the San Diego Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure would like to help you. To the right, you'll find an area to sign up to have a reminder e-mailed to you to do your monthly breast self-exam and to be reminded to get a mammography.