Tag: Mammography
ACOG: Shared Decision-Making Key to Breast Cancer Screening
Critically important for patient's value, preferences be factored into process, ACOG leader says
Both Detection, False-Positives Up With Digital Mammograms
Digital technology leads to increased abnormal interpretation and cancer detection rates
Mammography Found to Result in Substantial Overdiagnosis
One in three women diagnosed with breast cancer have nonthreatening tumors
Perceived Breast Density May Affect Single Read Suitability
Features mainly linked to mammographic breast density are key in influencing classification of normal
Improved Breast Cancer Screening Rates With ACA
Waiving costs appears to improve mammography rates, but not colonoscopy, even among the poor
RSNA: No Evidence for Age-Based Mammography Cut-Off
Researchers find benefits for some women up to the age of 90
Study Finds Mammograms Lead to High Rate of Overdiagnosis
Better treatment and not earlier detection may be the reason for reduction in breast cancer mortality
Health Care Reform Tied to Higher Uptake of Mammography
Findings for women participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
Some Radiologists Can Detect Breast Cancer at First Glance
Skilled radiologists see abnormalities immediately, and researchers want to learn how they do it
Western Diet May Contribute to Dense Breasts
In study, women who ate such a diet also had 46 percent higher risk of breast cancer
