I'm a true believer in annual wellness checks, especially for mammography.

Every time you skip a year with a mammogram, you give breast cancer a chance to grow.

We catch a lot of breast cancers in women in their 70s and we can help those patients living longer and longer. 

What I tell my patients in the 60s is that we need you to live a long life and you have decades ahead of you.

Breast tissue and breast cancers are very sensitive to changes in hormones and this is the decade that menopause is most common.

The reason that women in their 40s need to be screened every year is because their disease tends to be more aggressive.

The 40 to 50 year old window is so important for breast health. One in six breast cancers are diagnosed in this decade.

For women in their 30s, have the conversation about risk factors. If your health care provider doesn't bring it up, you bring it up.

Dr. Parghi challenges all of you to ask one simple question and save a life: have you had your screening mammogram?