Ask-the-Expert Conferences on Screening and Testing

There are two different stages of testing. Screening tests (such as an annual mammogram) look for signs of disease in women without symptoms; they should be part of every healthy woman's routine. Diagnostic tests (such as magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], blood tests, or bone scans) become part of the picture when breast cancer is suspected or has been diagnosed.

Tests can be nerve-wracking, uncomfortable, painful, and emotionally draining. The results can also be hard to understand.

That's why we've called on the world's leading experts to help answer YOUR questions in our Ask-the-Expert Online Conferences on breast cancer screening and testing:

• October 2006: Inflammatory Breast Cancer
• July 2003: Breast Cancer Screening