Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Singapore with over 2,000 women diagnosed each year. According to the Singapore Cancer Registry Annual Report 2018, the incidences of breast cancer are highest in women aged between 40 and 69 years old. What are some of the symptoms and risk factors, and how can […]

Most women would find getting a mammogram uneventful with an estimated 10% of women needing further follow-up tests. Every eight out of 10 women reached out for follow-up tests found no presence of breast cancer. 1 In majority of the cases, the follow-up tests find normal healthy breast tissue or benign non-cancerous breast conditions. According to Breast […]

Mammograms are used to detect signs of breast cancer, which is the top cancer affecting women in Singapore. Here, most mammograms are conducted in 2D, where two X-ray pictures are taken of each breast from two different angles. Sometimes, these images show breast abnormalities, but they may not be clear enough to distinguish between breast […]