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Breast self-examination: how to do it? (P2)

Breast self-examination: how to do it? (P2)

Edited by: TOP DOCTORS® at 10/10/2023

When there is no suspicion, the mastologist may use another alternative such as ultrasound.

Dr. Gerardo Castorena Rojí

Although the mammography test should ideally be performed on women after 40 years of age, the fact is that in patients at high risk or with suspected breast disease, it is possible to perform a mastography before this age. It is important to mention that despite the fact that a mastography team is an instrument, which is placed in one place or another, the truth is that, as in everything in the world, there are levels of quality and safety in the teams. Mastography. Sometimes it is very cheaply charged for the patients and probably not a technically optimal or cutting-edge equipment.

The importance of mastography

For example, in Mexico, there are working equipment that is very old, whose amount of radiation is much larger than modern equipment. In general, there are many differences in the equipment of different laboratories so it is important to look for equipment that offers high standards in quality. This, in terms of equipment technology, but also in terms of the internal management of the equipment: adequate personnel and radiologists to make an adequate interpretation of the mammography and to provide a high degree of certainty in the diagnosis of mammary diseases.  

Mastology in Miguel Hidalgo