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How the COVID Vaccine Might Affect Mammogram Results

Mammograms are an essential health care screening tool for women. The American Cancer Society recommends that women ages 45 to 54 get them every year, with the choice to start earlier (between 40-44) encouraged. These screenings can also be a source of anxiety, especially for women personally affected by breast cancer either as a loved one or as a survivor herself. So, if you’ve seen the recent reports suggesting the COVID vaccine might alter mammogram results, your first reaction is probably, “Umm, what?! Do I need to be concerned about this?” Before you freak out, let us catch you up to speed: On January 22, the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) released a report outlining the prevalence of lymph node swelling (adenopathy, as it is officially called) after COVID vaccination. Of people receiving the Moderna vaccine, 11.6% reported swelling in the lymph nodes after the first shot, and 16% reported the occurrence after the second shot. Pfizer reported fewer incidences of lymph

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