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Arnold Baskes

Guest commentator who has appeared on Kayal and Company, the conservative morning talk show on Philadelphia's Talk Radio 1210 WPHT.

Oct 15, 2026

43:18
You just wanna make sure that you, you talk to your doctor, that you get your regular mammograms.
43:23
Right.
43:23
So you hit on a very important point there.
43:25
What, what, uh, the majority of breast cancers are, uh, are occur in women who do not have a family history.
43:32
However, if you have a strong family history of breast cancer, the risk does go up.
43:38
So you're right.
43:39
The, there is that relationship.
47:15
What do you want that woman to know?
140:22
You just wanna make sure that you, you talk to your doctor, that you get your regular mammograms.
140:25
mammograms.Right.
140:27
So you hit on a very important point there, what, what, uh, the majority of breast cancers are, are occur in women who do not have a family history.
140:36
However, if you have a strong family history of breast cancer, the risk does go up.
140:42
So you're right, the, there is that relationship.
140:45
But screening can make a difference, and there is some very important data out there from a friend of mine, actually, in Boston, who did a very interesting study looking at the, the effect that improve- that mammograms have made in terms of improving, uh, overall survival.
141:03
And so mammograms have played an incredible role in terms of, um, of finding breast cancers when they can be treated most effectively.
144:13
But for somebody who's, who's maybe 50 plus and they've been putting it off, what do you wanna know... what do you want that woman to know?

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