It is there that the electrical impulses are interpreted into sight. Damage to the optic nerve interrupts this flow of visual information. In glaucoma, researchers believe that the ganglion cells of the retina, as well as the support cells within the optic nerve, can die for various reasons.
If you have had breast-conserving surgery, you need to continue to get mammograms. If you have had a mastectomy, you may not need a mammogram. Regardless of what breast cancer surgery you have had, you will still need to get mammograms of the unaffected breast. This is very important, because women who have had one breast cancer are at higher risk of developing a new cancer in the other breast.
Both the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society recommend screening mammography for women age 40 and older. Talk with your Beaumont doctor about how often you should have a mammogram.merican Cancer Society Guideline for Screening Mammography. Women age 40 and older should have a screening mammogram on a regular basis, every one to two years. Women 40 years of age and older should have a screening mammogram every year.