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Interpretation time for screening digital mammograms: Is it efficient?

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Digital mammograms take longer to interpret than film-screen mammograms, according to a study performed at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.





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Task force doctor stands by mammogram advice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A member of the panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion is defending the task force's report.


Sebelius: Mammograms still vital in saving lives (AP)

Sebelius: Women should get mammograms by age 40

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation ...


Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.


A serving of soy a day can help keep breast cancer away

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is estimated that 40,170 women will die from breast cancer in 2009, and while much less common in men, they are not immune to the disease. It is estimated that 1,910 diagnoses of invasive breast cancer ...


GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care

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created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by women for President ...


New advice: Skip mammograms in 40s, start at 50 (AP)

New mammogram advice raises questions, concerns

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life's more stressful experiences. Now, women in their 40s have the added anxiety of trying to figure out if they should even be getting one at ...


New mammography technology improves cancer detection

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created Nov 28, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new radiological diagnostic tool called stereo mammography allows clinicians to detect more lesions and could significantly reduce the number of women who are recalled for additional tests following routine screening mammography.


Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.


For many, mammography every other year has benefits of annual screening, but less harm

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A comprehensive analysis of various mammography screening schedules suggests that biennial (every two years) screening of average risk women between the ages of 50 and 74 achieves most of the benefits of annual screening, ...


Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor ...



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