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An annual screening mammogram starting at age 40 is the optimal strategy to avert an early breast cancer death

Mortality Estimates Favor Annual Mammography From Age 40

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Researchers estimate thousands of U.S. lives would be saved each year if mammograms started at age 40
For women aged 50 years or younger who have undergone breast conservation therapy

Adding MRI to Mammography Ups Detection of Breast Cancer

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Findings in women aged ≤50 years who had undergone breast conservation therapy
Shared decision-making is being emphasized in new American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists mammography screening guidelines for women at average risk of breast cancer.

ACOG: Shared Decision-Making Key to Breast Cancer Screening

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Critically important for patient's value, preferences be factored into process, ACOG leader says
Digital imaging has improved diagnostic capability of mammograms but the percentage of false-positives is up

Both Detection, False-Positives Up With Digital Mammograms

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Digital technology leads to increased abnormal interpretation and cancer detection rates
Mammograms frequently detect small breast tumors that might never become life-threatening

Mammography Found to Result in Substantial Overdiagnosis

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One in three women diagnosed with breast cancer have nonthreatening tumors
Features related to mammographic breast density are key normal mammographic features that influence the difficulty for readers to classify mammograms as normal

Perceived Breast Density May Affect Single Read Suitability

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Features mainly linked to mammographic breast density are key in influencing classification of normal
Americans with lower levels of income are less likely to get recommended cancer screenings

Improved Breast Cancer Screening Rates With ACA

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Waiving costs appears to improve mammography rates, but not colonoscopy, even among the poor
The benefit of screening mammography may continue with increasing age up until 90

RSNA: No Evidence for Age-Based Mammography Cut-Off

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Researchers find benefits for some women up to the age of 90
Mammography screening is much more likely to find insignificant breast tumors than it is to catch potentially life-threatening cancer in its early stages

Study Finds Mammograms Lead to High Rate of Overdiagnosis

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Better treatment and not earlier detection may be the reason for reduction in breast cancer mortality
The number of Medicare patients receiving mammograms increased slightly

Health Care Reform Tied to Higher Uptake of Mammography

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Findings for women participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program