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VA working to get more females access to mammograms
10/21/2022 10:00:00 PM
The Biden administration passed nine bipartisan bills this summer to eliminate barriers that female veterans have accessing mammograms
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According to a study focused from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, military personnel are nearly 40% more likely to develop breast cancer than non-military people. KPRC2Haley has more on this: va mammograms breastcancerawareness htx kprc2
The Biden administration passed nine bipartisan bills this summer to eliminate barriers that female veterans have accessing mammograms
Luz Cervantes has no family history and didn’t know her time in the Navy may have lead to an increased risk of cancer.“I was supposed to start my mammograms at 40 and no family history, never thought, never imagined in one million years that I would develop any type of cancer much less breast cancer,” Cervantes said. According to a study focused on Walter Reed Army Medical Center, military personnel is nearly 40% more likely to develop breast cancer than non-military people.
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For now, the recommendation remains the same, Parizi said to start mammograms at 40 years old. Although she said, veterans coming to the Debakey VA can access mammograms no matter their age, symptoms, or family history.
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“If they, you know, feel a lump, we’ll work it up the same day, we’ll perform the biopsy the same day,” Parizi explained. Mr.
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I love the VA, I love the Houston VA, the staff, from the front line to the back line, everybody’s just wonderful,” Cervantes said. Stefan Kertesz, a clinician and addiction researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said, “If all health care institutions were ready to offer care, then it would be a lot easier to make that care happen.
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