{"id":1573,"date":"2010-10-12T14:37:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T18:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2010-10-11T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T15:38:03","slug":"nows-the-time-to-get-that-mammogram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2010\/10\/nows-the-time-to-get-that-mammogram\/","title":{"rendered":"Now&#8217;s the Time to Get That Mammogram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Burlington County Times<\/em> published an article this week about why many women delay or avoid mammograms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many women are too busy working or taking care of family, so getting a mammogram takes a backseat,&#8221; said Karen J. Hendershott, MD, a breast surgeon at Cooper Cancer Institute. Then there&#8217;s the myth that radiation from the digital mammography will cause cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s as much radiation during the screening as there is on a flight from New York to L.A.,\u201d Hendershott said. \u201cThere are risks to everything we do in life, but there are some risks that are needed and mammography is one.\u201d<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/news\/local\/the_intelligencer\/the_intelligencer_news_details\/article\/27\/2010\/october\/03\/nows-the-time-to-get-that-mammogram.html\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/news\/local\/the_intelligencer\/the_intelligencer_news_details\/article\/27\/2010\/october\/03\/nows-the-time-to-get-that-mammogram.html\">To read the complete article visit phillyburbs.com.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Burlington County Times published an article this week about why many women delay or avoid mammograms. &#8220;Many women are too busy working or taking care of family, so getting a mammogram takes a backseat,&#8221; said Karen J. 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