Research News on Screening and Testing
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Adding 3-D View to Screening Mammograms Seems to Improve Detection and Decrease False Positives
The STORM study found that adding a three-dimensional view to a conventional two-dimensional mammogram found more cancers and lowered the number of false positives.
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U.S. Mammogram Rates Didn’t Drop in 2011 Compared to 2008
A study has found that mammogram rates for women 40 and older didn’t decline in 2011 compared to 2008.
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Computer-Aided Detection Mammograms Finds Cancers Earlier But Increases Risk of False Positives
A large study suggests that using computer-aided detection to read older women’s mammograms means more invasive breast cancers are found earlier and more DCIS is found; there’s also a higher risk of a false positive result.
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New Breast Cancer Progression Model Developed
Engineering researchers have developed a new model to help predict how a breast cancer will grow.
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False Positive Mammogram Results Can Cause Long-Term Stress
A study has found that the negative effects of a getting a false positive mammogram result linger for at least 3 years after women learned they didn’t have breast cancer.
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Study Suggests Some Women May Be Able to Get Mammograms Every Other Year
A new study suggests that women age 50 to 74 have the same risk of being diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer whether they have a mammogram every year or every other year. But women age 40 to 49 with very dense breasts were more likely to be diagnosed with advanced-stage disease if they had mammograms every other year instead of every year.
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Older Women Who Don’t Get Regular Mammograms Have a Higher Risk of Dying from Breast Cancer
A study found that women 75 and older who didn’t get regular mammograms had a higher risk of dying from breast cancer.
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Women Age 66 and Older May Be Able to Get Mammograms Every Other Year, Study Suggests
A study suggests that getting a mammogram every other year offers just as many benefits as getting a mammogram every year for women age 66 and older.
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More Studies Show That Mammogram Rates Have Dropped After Task Force Recommendations, May Lead to Missed Diagnoses
Research has found that fewer women are getting screening mammograms since the USPSTF recommended that screening mammograms start at age 50 for women with average risk; fewer women being screened may lead to breast cancer going undetected
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Study Examines the Cost of Breast Cancer Screening in Older Women
Study finds Medicare spends $1 billion in screening-related costs for women 65 years and older.
