Kelly first noticed a relatively large lump in her breast when she was showering one day. “It wasn’t painful, and I felt perfectly healthy otherwise,” she recalls. “Given my age, I assumed it was likely a cyst or fibroadenoma, which is common in younger women.”

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Dr. Cassann Blake, the department chair of Breast Services at Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital, offers new guidelines on when women should get mammograms and how often.