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.
Mammography is the most reliable method of finding breast cancer. Our recommendation If you are 40 to 49: Talk to your doctor about your risk of breast cancer, along with the benefits and risks of mammography. If you are 50 to 69: Have a mammogram every 2 years. If you are 70 or older: Talk to your doctor about how often you should have a mammogram. Research has shown that women who have mammograms regularly are less likely to have a false positive (when the test results suggest cancer when none is present).