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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
Trained radiologists can identify abnormal mammograms in a half-second

Some Radiologists Can Detect Breast Cancer at First Glance

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Skilled radiologists see abnormalities immediately, and researchers want to learn how they do it
Overweight and obese women who eat a Western-style diet may develop more dense breast tissue

Western Diet May Contribute to Dense Breasts

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In study, women who ate such a diet also had 46 percent higher risk of breast cancer
Radiologists vary widely on how often they define mammography patients' breasts as dense

Radiologists Vary Widely on How They Define Dense Breasts

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Definition of dense breasts can range from 6.3 to 84.5 percent of patients, depending on radiologist
There is moderate correlation for automated and clinical assessments of breast density

Moderate Link for Automated, Clinical Breast Density Measures

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Both automated and clinical assessments of breast density are associated with breast cancer risk
The addition of tomosynthesis to mammography is beneficial for women with dense and nondense breasts

Tomosynthesis Beneficial for Dense, Nondense Breasts

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Second study shows wide state-level variation in understandability of dense breast notifications
Regular education can improve radiologists' performance in detection of breast cancer from mammography

Ongoing Education Betters Mammography Interpretation

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Findings based upon radiologists' use of the Breast Reader Assessment Strategy program
New research suggests that all women turning 40 should get a breast cancer risk assessment

About Half of Women May Benefit From Mammograms at 40

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Study puts new scrutiny on latest guidelines, which recommend screening can begin at age 45 or 50