Routine care is the best way to keep you and your breasts healthy. Although detecting breast cancer at its earliest stages is the main goal of routine breast care, other benign conditions, such as fibrocystic breasts or cysts, are often discovered as well. Breast changes are common throughout a woman's life, but it is important to see your OB/GYN regularly and get any breast exams or procedures he or she recommends.

Use the following tips to keep you and your breasts healthy:

• Save the Date: Pick out a memorable date to call your OB/GYN for an appointment every year. Don't have an OB/GYN? Find an OB/GYN at McLaren-Central Michigan
   
• Early Detection: With early diagnosis, 97% of breast cancer cases are curable. The thought of having breast cancer is frightening, but treatments and cure rates are improving every day.
  
  Learn about Digital Mammography at McLaren-Central Michigan
  
  Learn about MRI Breast Imaging & Biopsy procedures at McLaren-Central Michigan
  
  Learn about McLaren-Central Michigan's Norval K. Morey Cancer Center
  
  
• Breastfeeding: There's been a lot written about how breastfeeding is good for babies, but it's good for moms, too!
  Get more information here.  Have more breastfeeding questions? Contact Terri Klein, RN, RLC, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant at McLaren-Central Michigan by calling (989) 772-3856.