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Mammography screening is associated with considerable costs linked to false-positive mammograms and breast cancer overdiagnosis

High Costs for False-Positive Mammograms, Overdiagnosis

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National expenditure estimated at $4 billion/year for false-positive mammograms, breast CA overdiagnosis
Clinical performance of digital breast tomosynthesis-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) is superior to that of prone stereotactic VAB

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Beats Prone Stereotactic VAB

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Superior clinical performance for digital breast tomosynthesis-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy
Educating women about the possibility of overdiagnosis from mammography screening may make some of them less likely to get the test

Better Informed Women Less Likely to Want Mammogram

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Risks and benefits of routine mammography continue to be debated
Since the publication of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines for mammography in 2009

Mammography Rates Down Since 2009 USPSTF Guidelines

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Decrease among white, Hispanic, and Asian women, but not among black women
For women undergoing screening mammography

Increase in Biopsies With DCIS, Invasive CA After Mammogram

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Biopsy frequency up after diagnostic, but not screening, mammography