IP*Works! Version 8.0 RSS Component http://backend.userland.com/rss2 The Roanoke Times: Letters to the editor News from the Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/letters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT roanoke.com/The Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com/wrapper/images/bottom_logo.gif http://www.roanoke.com Breast examinations should start before the age of 50 - roanoke.com <br><p><strong>Breast examinations should start before the age of 50</strong></p> <p>As a person who has survived breast cancer, I take personal offense at anyone saying mammograms before 50 and self-examination are unneeded. I just turned 50 this year, but through self-examination I found my cancer when I was 43. The mammogram showed nothing when I had it the previous October 2001, but through self-exam I found the lump in August 2002.</p><a href="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1685765@Position4"><img src="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1685765@Position4" alt="Advertisement"></img></a> http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/letters/wb/227092