Category Archives: Breast Examination

Stereotactic Breast Biopsy

By Ashley | December 23, 2009

Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
A stereotactic breast biopsy is conducted in order to determine if any abnormal lump of cells in the mammary glands, revealed through common methods of detection like self-examination, physical breast exam or mammography, is cancerous in nature. It involves the collection of a small sample of cells from the area in the breast [...]

Clinical Breast Exam

By Ashley | December 23, 2009

Clinical Breast Examination
It is important that you examine your own breasts regularly in order to detect any unusual growth in the mammary glands, such as tenderness or lumpiness, as these may be early signs of cancerous cell growth. Besides, methods like the mammogram are also available for detecting abnormalities in the breast. You should look [...]

Silicone Gel Breast Implants

By Ashley | December 16, 2009

Silicone Gel Breast Implants - Breast Augmentation Information
Silicone gel implants are those devices that are becoming ever more popular in breast enlargement though the industry of cosmetic surgery is now seeing an increasing move towards the use of a patient’s own fatty tissue instead. Breast implants are a very old concept and have been used [...]

Cosmetic Surgery Breast Enlargement

By Ashley | December 16, 2009

Breast Enlargement - Cosmetic Surgery for Breast Enlargement
Cosmetic surgery for breast enlargement is one of those procedures that has made plastic surgery branch off into a specialization of cosmetic surgery. Breast implantation has come a long way since the early part of the last century that used fatty tissue from a woman’s own body, to [...]

Self Breast Examination Procedure

By Ashley | December 1, 2009

Self Examination of your Breast
Women should perform a breast self examination at least once a month. This helps to get accustomed to the normal appearance and feel of the breasts. As such if any changes occur, they will be detected more easily. The aim of the breast self-examination is to detect changes as early as [...]