Breast Screening

[Mowbray]

My mam has been for her breast screening and she has recieved a letter asking for her to go back for another checkup.

is this usually routine? I am worried

[Clanad]

I can understand your concern... but, often, the case is that a blurring has occurred while either exposing the film or while processing the film.  The structures are unclear for diagnoses by the radiologist.  Don't worry yourself uneccessarily, but best of luck!

[Ouisch]

It's a safety precaution.  It could be a benign cyst, it could be a shadow on the X-ray.  The doctor wants another look-see to be sure.  It's natural to worry, but as my mom always tells me, worry doesn't solve anything.  Mind you, if there *IS* something in there, it's lucky it was caught early.  My own mom had a questionable mammogram back in 1992.  She could feel no lumps or anything via self-exam.  They did a biopsy, found a malignant tumor that was just under 2cm.  The tumor was removed, she underwent a series of radiation treatments, and has been cancer-free to this day. 

If (and that's a big "if", for the majority of irregularities found are non-maglignant cysts), for some reason, they *do* find something questionable on your mom's mammogram, early detection like this is the absolute best course to "nipping it in the bud," so to speak.  I send you and your mother my very best wishes.