This also means that about two thirds of all tumors discovered in routine mammography screenings are likely to result in illness. This seems to me to be a highly successful rate of diagnosis. I would pay for it any day.
One of my best friends was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer a month ago. She found the lump during a self exam, and a mammo confirmed it, though only a clear cyst. Rechecked last month and it spread to her chest wall and lympnodes. She had her first chemo 2 weeks ago and is in for a year of hellish treatment, including a bilateral mastectomy.
She’s just 42.