I never thought it would happen to me'

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I never thought it would happen to me.

• As a woman, you have a 1 in 8 chance of
  developing breast cancer1
• Risk Factors for Breast Cancer include

• Being a woman
• Blood relative with breast cancer
• Started periods before age 12 or
  Menopause after 55
• Age over 50 years
• Genetics

• Not breastfeeding
• No children or first child after age 30
• 2-5 drinks of alcohol per day
• Lack of exercise
• Being overweight

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Breast Cancer is common . . . but doesnt
have to be a death sentence

• The chance of a woman having breast cancer some
  time during her life is about 1 in 8
• If diagnosed, the chance of dying from breast
  cancer is about 1 in 33
• Breast cancer death rates are declining because
  we are finding the cancer earlier and treatment
  has improved

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Get Your Mammogram!

• American Cancer Society Recommends Annual
  Mammograms for Women over 401
• Despite this recommendation and the availability
  of free or low-cost mammograms in the United
  States2
• 40 of women between the ages of 40 64 DO NOT
  get annual mammograms
• 36 of women age 65 DO NOT get annual mammograms
• Screening saves lives by helping find breast
  cancer early!

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Get Your Mammogram!
Breast Conserving Therapy vs. Mastectomy

• Finding cancer early gives you the choice of

Breast Conserving Therapy Lumpectomy plus
Radiation Therapy
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Breast Conserving Therapy

• Having breast cancer DOES NOT mean you have to
  lose your breast (mastectomy)
• Breast Conserving Therapy Lumpectomy plus
  radiation therapy
• Breast Conservation Therapy is preferable to
  total mastectomy because it provides survival
  equivalence while preserving the breast3
• Breast Conserving Therapy is now a standard of
  care for early stage breast cancer4
• 20-year data published in the New England Journal
  of Medicine reported that women with early-stage
  breast cancer did just as well as those who had
  mastectomy 5,6

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Mastectomy vs. Breast Conserving Therapy

• Despite availability eligibility for Breast
  Conserving Therapy, many women still get
  mastectomies
• Over 40 of women who are eligible for Breast
  Conserving Therapy still receive a mastectomy4
• Why?
• Inadequate information on options

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Breast Conserving Therapy

• Many breast cancers detected today are small,
  early-stage cancers that can be treated with
  Breast Conserving Therapy

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Who is a candidate for MammoSite Therapy?
Society Recommendations

• American Brachytherapy Society9
• Patient age 45
• Invasive ductal carcinoma
• Tumor size 3 cm
• Negative microscopic surgical margins of excision
• No lymph node involvement

• American Society of Breast Surgeons8
• Patient age 45
• Invasive ductal carcinoma or DCIS
• Tumor size 3 cm
• Negative microscopic surgical margins of
  excision
• No lymph node involvement

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What to expect with MammoSite Therapy after the
lumpectomy
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TREATMENT
PLACEMENT
REMOVAL