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While it is not the most enjoyable experience for a woman, a mammogram is a procedure that saves countless lives every day.
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Beginning Oct. 5 and each Saturday in the month of October, women can schedule a routine mammogram at the Breast Health Center between the hours of 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer diagnosed in women. This month, Augusta University Health’s Breast Health Center wants to make sure women have time to get a mammogram.
Starting Feb. 1, 2018, the AU Breast Health Clinic is changing up their hours of operation.
In the United States more than 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, according to the American Cancer Society. As breast cancer diagnosis increase, the importance of breast health screenings also increases as mammograms can...
Finding the time for a mammogram can be challenging for busy women. However, a weekend mammogram might be your answer. October is national Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Breast Health Center at Augusta University is offering patients a chance...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Tiny radioactive seeds are helping surgeons more precisely remove breast tumors and perform biopsies. Using a technique called radioactive seed localization, or RSL, non-palpable breast tumors or lesions targeted for biopsy are marked...
The gene and hormone soup that enables women to breastfeed their newborns also can be a recipe for breast cancer, particularly when the first pregnancy is after age 30. Researchers have now found that the gene DNMT1 is essential to maintaining...
