Reply #19: I have not heard that they cause cancer

[rebel with a cause]

but I have heard that they can make developed cancerous tumors worse. The premise I read was that by squeezing the breast, it put pressure on the cancerous tumor that could cause it to spread or even burst(?). It has been a while since I read this and I do not know if it has any credibility.

As for the pain thing, I believe a sonogram is more efficient in determining if you have tumors. I know this because when monograms find unexplained masses in my breast, they then send me for the sonogram. With the sonogram they can determine if it is a tumor or some other type of tissue mass. This method would probably be more expensive and time consuming than a monogram, but it is also less painful. On the other hand, monograms are not near as painful as they use to be.