"However, Jansen-van der Weide and colleagues said that young women with familial or genetic predisposition to the disease might want to consider alternative screening methods to mammography, because the benefit of early tumour detection in this group of women may be offset by the potential risk of radiation-induced cancer." Under alternative screening, ultra sound and MRI are used as adjunct to mammography.
Acupressure techniques shall also go a long way not only to diagnose/ prevent, but also to treat breast cancer cases at a very early stage.