Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Can lung cancer show up on a mammogram


Can lung cancer show up on a mammogram?
Or is lung cancer found in a different sort of test, and mammograms only show breast cancer?
Cancer - 4 Answers
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1 :
mammograms are for scanning ( squishing) the mammary organs for Cancer Lung abnormalities can usually be detected via Chest X rays
2 :
unless the cancer has spread, you need two different tests, such as the first girl mentioned.
3 :
Nope - because a mammogram doesn't look into the chest at all. It only looks at the soft breast tissue - and even that is pulled away from the chest wall in order to get a good scan. A mammogram does not go anywhere near the lungs.
4 :
no sorry, it just squishes the heck out of your boobs to show any abnormality's with them.



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