What are the hazards of mammography?

Some women have heard of mammography, but they don't know what it is and what it does. Mammography is to take pictures of the breast with advanced mammography X-ray machine to obtain its imaging data. As a non-invasive examination method, X-ray mammography is relatively painless, simple, high resolution and good repeatability. Images can be compared before and after, regardless of age and size. At present, as a routine examination, the diagnostic sensitivity of breast cancer is 82% ~ 89%, and the specificity is 87% ~ 94%.

Molybdenum target X-ray machine is a machine that uses molybdenum as target surface and filter plate to produce soft X-rays. The photos taken by molybdenum target X-ray machine can clearly show some fine structures and tiny lesions of breast. Molybdenum target X-ray examination has become one of the most effective and reliable means to diagnose breast lesions. In foreign countries, this technology has become a routine project of breast examination.

How to check? When doing molybdenum target examination, it is generally used to take bilateral breast positive and internal and external oblique films. Under special circumstances, it is necessary to take extra films and order films in the local area. In the process of projection, the pressing plate of the machine will press the breast properly, and you will feel a little uncomfortable, but it will not be a big problem. Soft X-rays emitted by the mammography machine pass through the breast and then irradiate the special X-rays in the cassette to form an image. Because the density of different tissue components in the breast structure is different, different image manifestations will be formed on X-rays, and doctors can diagnose breast diseases through these photos with different densities.

Such as breast lobular hyperplasia, breast fibroma and breast cancer. However, most of these breast diseases begin to occur after puberty.

With the influence of environment and diet, the incidence of breast cancer is gradually increasing and younger. Therefore, women after puberty should always pay attention to and check their breasts. If the appearance is abnormal or the tumor can be touched, you should seek medical advice as soon as possible. If conditions permit, it is recommended that you go to the hospital for routine mammography every 1~2 years.