Getting regular mammogram screenings is essential to keeping your breasts healthy. Screening, by definition, checks for disease when it is too early to cause symptoms or, in other words, when you feel normal.
Singapore’s Breast Cancer Foundation says that for women aged 40 and above*, a mammogram in time can help save their lives. Doing monthly breast self-examinations can also help detect breast cancer early.
Associate Professor Tan Ern Yu, head of service (breast and endocrine surgery) and senior consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) – who also specialises in research on developing AI solutions for breast ultrasound and screening mammography – agrees. “Getting regular mammogram screenings is essential because it can help detect cancer at an early stage. Early-stage cancers have a good outcome after treatment. Relapse risk is low and long-term survival rate is high,” she
