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.
1 Screening mammograms for women with average breast cancer risk should start at age 50, rather than 40. 2  Only women at very high risk should start breast cancer screening younger than 50. 3  Mammograms should be done every other year instead of every year.4  Women older than 75 don't need mammograms. Screening mammograms for women with average breast cancer risk should start at age 50, rather than 40. 2  Only women at very high risk should start breast cancer screening younger than 50. 3  Mammograms should be done every other year instead of every year.