Understanding your own personal risk for developing breast cancer is integral in being able to collaborate with your physician and deciding upon what is the best screening regimen for you.

When we're talking about any group that is in a high risk category there needs to be a plan as to how to address the issue.

Self-breast exams and self-breast awareness should really begin in your early 20's.

Know how your breasts feel when they're normal so you know how your breasts feel when they're not normal.

I'm a true believer in annual wellness checks, especially for mammography.

Every time you skip a year with a mammogram, you give breast cancer a chance to grow.

We catch a lot of breast cancers in women in their 70s and we can help those patients living longer and longer. 

What I tell my patients in the 60s is that we need you to live a long life and you have decades ahead of you.

Breast tissue and breast cancers are very sensitive to changes in hormones and this is the decade that menopause is most common.