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Women's Health
“A mammogram takes just minutes, and it could save your life - like it saved mine." Cynthia Shelly’s breast cancer was detected early with a mammogram. When Cynthia Shelly went to Lehigh Valley Hospital– Muhlenberg’s Breast Health Services for her regular mammogram at age 40, she was shocked to learn that she had a cancerous breast tumor. Her surgeon, Gregory Brusko, D.O., recommended lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy. Ms. Shelly recalled, "He treated me like a member of the family. There was no one else I would have trusted with my life." Four years later, Cynthia Shelly takes tamoxifen, a drug therapy that increases chances of survival and decreases the chance of recurrence. And she encourages all the women she knows to have their annual mammograms on time. She says, "It's such a simple procedure that takes just a couple of minutes, and it could save your life." And Cynthia Shelly is living proof. This page last updated 7/11/08 12:39 PM
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