Mwina mukuganiza kuti mukuchedwa kuchepetsa thupi lanu mpaka mutakwanitse zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri (50) malinga ndi malangizo a 2009 a US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) kwa amayi omwe ali ndi chiopsezo chachikulu cha khansa ya m'mawere. Mungaganize kuti 50 ndi yaitali kwambiri kuyembekezera, ndikukumana ndi ndondomeko yatsopano ya American Cancer Society yomwe imalimbikitsa kuyembekezera kufikira mutakwanitsa zaka 45 kuti mukhale woyenera.
Mutha kukhala ndi zaka 50 ndikumasulidwa kumva kuti USPSTF ndi American Cancer Society amalangiza kuti mukhale ndi mammogram chaka chilichonse. Mukuganizira kwambiri za ndondomeko ya chaka chilichonse, ngakhale mukudziwa kuti chiopsezo cha khansa ya m'mawere chimawonjezereka ndi ukalamba, ndipo kuti khansa zambiri za m'mawere zimachitika mwa amayi oposa 50.
USPSTF imatchula zochitika zowonongeka komanso kufunika koyezetsa magazi komanso kuvutika kwapadera monga zifukwa zina zomwe zimayambitsa zaka zoyesera kuti ayambe kuyambira.
Kusintha kwazitsogozo zopezera mamembala kukupitiriza kuyambitsa mikangano yaikulu pakati pa akatswiri m'munda. Kafukufuku watsopano, komanso motsutsana ndi kukweza msinkhu kuyambitsa ma mammogram ndi kukonza mammogmams chaka chilichonse pamene mayi ali ndi zaka za m'ma 50, atuluke miyezi ingapo. Zotsatira zimapanga chisankho chosokoneza kwa amayi amene ayenera kusankha nthawi yomwe azisintha.
Kafukufuku waposachedwapa, womwe unachitikira ku Copenhagen, Denmark, umapereka lingaliro lina lachinyengo. Lipoti la phunziroli linawonekera nkhaniyi mu ndime iyi, Kodi Pali Mamemogram Wonyenga Amene Amakhala ndi Chizindikiro cha Tsogolo la Khansa Yam'tsogolo? Phunziroli likusonyeza kuti kupeza chonyenga pamatumbo kumasonyeza mwayi wochuluka wa khansa ya m'mawere nthawi yayitali, chifukwa cha matenda opatsirana kapena oyamba kusokonezeka.
Mammography akadakali chida chabwino chowonetsera khansa ya m'mawere. Palibe mayesero omwe angasinthe mammography. Pachifukwa ichi, akatswiri a American College of Radiology (ACR), ndi Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) onse amavomereza kuti amayi amakhala ndi mammogram kuyambira pachaka ali ndi zaka 40.
Musanasankhe izi, chonde ganizirani zazomwe mungaphunzire ndi ndondomeko zomwe zimabwera kuchokera ku mabungwe awiriwa ndi kwa radiologists omwe amawerenga ndi kutanthauzira mamemogram. Akufuna kuti mudziwe kuti:
- Amayi amodzi amodzi mwa asanu ndi awiri amapezeka m'mimba mwa amayi a zaka 40-49
- Amayi atatu (3) mwa amayi anayi (4) mwa amayi anayi (4) aliwonse omwe amalandira khansa ya m'mawere alibe mbiri ya banja lawo.
- Popeza kuti mammography anagwiritsidwa ntchito, m'zaka za m'ma 1990, pakhala kuchepa kwa 1/3 mu imfa ya khansa ya m'mawere kuyambira nthawi imeneyo.
- Azimayi omwe ali ndi zaka makumi anayi amawerengera 40% pa zaka zonse za moyo zomwe apulumutsidwa ndi mammography.
- Mndandanda wa chaka chilichonse wa mamemograms mwa amayi 50+ zidzasowa 30% za khansa ya m'mawere.
Ngakhale kuti mammamiri angakhale osamvetsetseka, ndiwopulumutsa moyo. Ikhoza kudziwa khansa ya m'mawere kumayambiriro koyambirira, isanafike nthawi yayitali kuti iwonetseke panthawi yoyezetsa thupi. Mayi akamagwira khansa ya m'mawere kumayambiriro, mayi ali ndi mwayi wokhala opaleshoni yoperekera mazira ndipo sangadwale mankhwala enaake.
Kupewa opaleshoni yochulukirapo komanso kusakhala ndi chemotherapy kumapangitsa kuti ayambe kupuma mofulumira komanso zovuta.
Zakhala zaka 17 kuchokera pamene mammogram apeza khansa yanga yoyamba ya m'mawere. Mankhwalawa anapeza kuti asanamveke ndi dokotala wa opaleshoni, pamene kanali kosalekeza, yomwe siinkafuna mankhwala a chemotherapy. Zakhala zaka 7 kuchokera pamene mammogram anapeza khansa yachiwiri yoyamwitsa ya m'mawere, yomwe inasowa mankhwala a chemotherapy. Kotero, inde, ndikuthandizira kuyambitsa mamimba pa 40 ndikukhala nawo pachaka pambuyo pake.
Malingana ndi American College of Radiology, mammogram amatha kupeza khansa kumayambiriro, panthawi yomwe khansayo imachiritsidwa mosavuta ndipo imafuna njira zochepetsetsa zochepa ngati mankhwala a lumpectomy amatsatiridwa ndi mankhwala opatsirana.
Mamemograms asatsimikiziridwa kuti apulumutse miyoyo, koma amatha kusunga moyo wabwino. Kuti mudziwe zambiri za phindu la kuwonetseredwa kwa mammography nthawi zonse, pitani ku American College of Radiology site pa www.MammographySavesLives.org ndi malo a Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) pa Endtheconfusion.org.