Patients at average risk should get annual mammography starting at age 40. Patients that have a strong family history of either breast or ovarian cancer should start getting mammography 10 years before the first relative that was diagnosed with breast cancer. There’s a third category of patients, those that have a genetic mutation for breast cancer. Annual mammography starts at age 30 for those patients or 10 years before the first relative was diagnosed.
Mammograms are an important preventative health screening tool for all women. The Blavatnik Family – Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai, offers a full range of imaging, diagnostic services, and treatments for breast health.
Sarah Cate, MD, is a fellowship-trained breast surgeon. She is the lead physician for the Special Surveillance Breast Program. Dr. Cate focuses on increased-risk patients, as well as breast cancer and benign breast disease. She specializes in BRCA positive patients, as well as other patients with genetic mutations, and in prophylactic mastectomies, which are nipple sparing, with direct to implant reconstruction. The Blavatnik Family – Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai, located at west 15th Street between eighth and ninth avenues, houses some of the finest women’s cancer care doctors, outpatient surgeons, and infusion therapists in New York City. Physicians specialize in diagnosing and treating women who have breast or gynecological cancer in a welcoming environment right near Chelsea Market, the High Line, and art galleries.