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4 Tips on How to Prepare For a Mammogram

Go to the hospital with your mammogram images from previous screenings

A way doctors use to prepare for mammograms is to have as many information as possible about the woman. If it is your first time, doctors ask other important questions. If it is your first time in a particular facility, bring images taken in other clinics. Doctors can compare past mammograms with new ones, to know what advice to give patients.

Sometimes the most significant observation on your mammogram is a subtle change that occurred over time which cannot be detected without the advantages of comparison. You can also avoid unnecessary additional views or tests if a finding is observed now, but can be shown to be unchanged over a long period. It is best to go to the same facility regularly, because it is easier to compare results from year to year.