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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Beads of Hope AVON Breast Cancer Crusade

Sizes of Tumors Found By Mammography and Breast Self-Examination


3mm - Average size lump found by getting regular mammograms.

5mm - Average size lump found by first mammogram.
8mm - Average size lump found by women doing regular breast self-exams (BSE)
16mm - Average size lump found by women doing occasional BSE
25mm - Average size lump found by women untrained in BSE.

NOT ALL LUMPS ARE ROUND

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