Letter: Early detection of cancer can save lives
Helen Darling of the San Antonio Silver Stars receives a screening mammogram at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-Westover Hills at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug. 18, 2009. Credit: Getty Images
My heart goes out to the woman who wrote “Don’t be misled by fall’s pink ribbons” [Letters, Oct. 24].
After having mammograms every year for 20 years, I was diagnosed with breast cancer on the right side in 2004. Last year, a mammogram detected breast cancer in the left breast.
Early detection is assuredly not a cure; however, in some cases it’s a blessing.
Mary Healy, Point Lookout
