70 women, the ratio of those who saw their risk of getting breast cancer as being lower than other women was 3:1.
Diagnosis of breast cancer is done primarily with mammograms (McCartney, 2001; NCI, 2003). However, between 10 percent and 13 percent of breast cancers do not show up on mammograms, and a similar number of mammograms show breast cancer which does not show up on a physical exam. Small calcium deposits often show up on mammograms, and so a biopsy may be needed before a diagnosis of breast cancer can be made. A fine needle biopsy removes fluid and/or cells from the breast lump and cells are checked to see if they are cancerous. A core biopsy uses a larger needle to remove a piece of breast tissue for examination for the presence of cancer cells. An incisional biopsy is a surgical
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