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Annual Screening with Both Mammography and MRI Seems Better Than Only Mammography for Women with Personal History of Breast Cancer
Research suggests that yearly screening with BOTH mammography and breast MRI might be better than only a yearly mammogram for women with a personal history of breast cancer.
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Women with Family History of Breast Cancer Benefit from Mammograms Starting at 40
A new British study suggests that screening mammograms in women aged 40 to 50 with a family history of breast cancer are beneficial.
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Use of Computer-Aided Detection to Read Mammograms Up
Research shows that computer-aided detection (CAD) is used in most mammograms paid for by Medicare.
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Starting Mammograms at Age 40 Saves Lives
A very large Swedish study found that women who started getting screening mammograms at age 40 instead of 50 were 26% less likely to die from breast cancer.
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Do Screening Mammograms Save Lives?
A Norwegian study suggests that screening mammograms don't save as many lives as was previously thought; the results are controversial and Breastcancer.org experts are concerned about the design of the study.
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Mammograms Less Sensitive in Young Women
Research suggests that breast cancers diagnosed in younger women are more likely to be advanced not because the cancers grow faster than cancers in older women, but because more time passes before the cancer can found by a mammogram.
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Optical Tomography May Help Assess Suspicious Areas in Breast
Research suggests that optical tomography may be able to help determine if a suspicious area in the breast is cancer or not.
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Two Mammograms Per Year Better Than One After Lumpectomy
New research suggests that having mammograms twice per year after lumpectomy finds a cancer recurrence (or a new cancer) earlier than only one mammogram per year after surgery.
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Journal Commentaries Discuss Mammogram Recommendations
Commentaries in the Journal of the American Medical Association reviewed here offer various perspectives on some of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended changes to breast cancer screening guidelines.
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American College of Radiology Supports Starting Mammograms at 40
The American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging continue to support annual mammograms starting at age 40 and call for high-risk women to start screening by age 30.
