Early Detection is the Key
Women today have a great advantage over earlier generations with the diagnostic advances that have been made in just the last couple of decades. The life expectancy rates have bore witness to this as more women are being diagnosed with breast cancer at the very earliest stages of the disease. Along with the advent of mammography, there is also the emerging method of breast thermography that is less uncomfortable and has proven to find the earliest signs of tumors that even conventional mammography can detect.
With this type of mammogram alternative doctors can now start treating for this deadly disease in the earliest stages, which by all accounts is the best way to prevent future problems. With early detection, women don't have to go through the more evasive and unpleasant side effects of surgery and drug therapy. These in of themselves are another reason for women to get their checkups early and often, especially if there is a family history of breast cancer.