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. Like all x-rays, mammograms use doses of ionizing radiation to create this image. Radiologists then analyze the image for any abnormal growths. Despite continuous improvements and innovations, mammography has garnered a sizable opposition in the medical community because of an error rate that is still high and the amount of harmful radiation used in the procedure. (Gofinan) It is normal to use longer wavelength X-rays (typically Mo-K) than those used for radiography of bones. Mammography h ...
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Mammograms News Headlines
- Fewer women are getting mammograms
MSNBC - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:36 EST
- Cancer Society Task Force To Investigate Declining Number Of Mammograms Conducted Among New Jersey Women
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Mammograms Drop in Women 40 & Older
WebMD - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:58 EST
- Access To Prior Mammograms Helps Radiologists Detect Breast Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:00 EST
- Mammograms Drop in Women 40 & Older
MedicineNet - Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- Fewer Mammograms Means More Breast Cancer Deaths
ABC News - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:25 EST
- Mammogram rate drops slightly in United States
Reuters - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:46 EST
- More Than 1M Fewer U.S. Women Received Mammograms Since 2000, CDC Report Shows
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
- Breast density may increase cancer risk
Reuters - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:27 EST
- Breast density may increase cancer risk
Reuters - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:27 EST
- News confirms suspicions of breast cancer survivor
Reuters - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:30 EST
- High-Tech Mammograms Will Change Breast Cancer Care
MedicineNet - Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- Breast Health for the Other Sex
ABC News - Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:25 EST
- Use Of Mammograms In Men
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Use Of Mammograms In Men Is Rising, But Researchers Find Little Reason To Administer
ScienceDaily - Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Compare new and prior mammograms, doctors urge
Reuters - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:26 EST
- Compare new and prior mammograms, doctors urge
Reuters - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:26 EST
- Technology Can't Replace Doctors' Judgment In Reading Mammograms
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:00 EST
- Should Mammograms Start at a Younger Age?
ABC News - Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:10 EST
- New Breast Scanner Rivals Mammograms
MedicineNet - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
- Health Benefits, Risks Weighed For Mammography In 40-something Women
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- How Interval Breast Cancer Is Detected
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
- Telemedicine Improves Breast Screenings For Rural Indian Reservations
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Women With Mental Disorders Less Likely To Have Mammograms
ScienceDaily - Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- Surgical Biopsy May Reveal Cancer In Women With Rare But Benign Breast Condition
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:00 EST
- Race Gap Persists in Health Screening
Washington Post - Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
- Study: Lung scans show promise for early detection
CNN - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:05 EST
- Chest scans for smokers may save lives
MSNBC - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:56 EST
- Racial Disparities In Preventive Health Care Persist, Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- Breast cancer screening on a computer
The Earth Times - Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:02 EST
- Racial Disparities In Preventive Health Care Persist, Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- One in 10 Mammograms Comes Back Abnormal
MedicineNet - Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Computer-aided Detection Could Help Breast Cancer Screening
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:00 EST
- Computer-aided Detection Could Help Breast Cancer Screening
ScienceDaily - Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- Black Women Should Get Mammograms, Enroll In Clinical Trials, Take Other Measures To Prevent Breast Cancer, Opinion Piece Says
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:00 EST
- Connecticut Health Center Offers Free Breast Exams To Help Combat Breast Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Computers 'aid cancer detection'
BBC - Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:12 EST
- Women's Use Of Mammography Improved By Lay Health Advisers
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- In Uruguay, the President Also Reads Mammograms
New York Times - Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:00 EST
- Free Mammograms Available For Eligible Women 40 To 49 Under The PennsylvaniaBreast And Cervical Cancer Early Screening Act
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 23 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- Digital Mammography Results In Technologists' Time Savings But Physician Time Loss
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 21 Jul 2006 05:00 EST
- Most Older Women Don't Get Mammograms
WebMD - Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:46 EST
- Older Women Not Getting Needed Mammograms
MedicineNet - Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
- Do Cancer Survivors Get Mammograms?
WebMD - Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:00 EST
- Detroit Free Press Examines Declining Annual Mammography Rate
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 May 2006 05:00 EST
- Combination Of MRI, Mammographies For BRCA1 Carriers Is Cost-Effective, Study Says
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 May 2006 04:00 EST
- Minority Women Less Likely Than White Women To Receive Mammograms, Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:00 EST
- Many Breast Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Mammograms
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:00 EST
- Mammogram Hopes, Cancer Fears Too High
WebMD - Thu, 04 May 2006 09:00 EST
- Breast Cancer: Fewer Mammograms Boost Risk
MedicineNet - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:00 EST
- Breast cancer survivors skip mammograms
MSNBC - Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:18 EST
- Breast cancer survivors often forgo mammography
Reuters - Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:20 EST
- Mammography Screenings For Breast Cancer Show Racial And Ethnic Disparities
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:00 EST
- A Better Method Of Detecting Ovarian Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:00 EST
- Working On A Better Method Of Detecting Ovarian Cancer, USF Health And Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:00 EST
- Mammograms May Spot Non-Threatening Growths
MedicineNet - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:00 EST
- Healthy Women Who Go On To Develop Breast Cancer Tend To Have Less Symmetrical Breasts
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 19 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- Most women would accept more mammograms - survey
Reuters - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:25 EST
- Breast Biopsy More Effective In Detecting Cancer Than Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests, Reports ECRI
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:00 EST
- Compressing Digital Mammograms May Improve Detection
MedicineNet - Thu, 22 Dec 2005 06:00 EST
- File Compression Can Expand Mammography''s Power
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:00 EST
- Digital mammograms better than film for some-study
Reuters - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:45 EST
- Digital mammograms better than film for some-study
Reuters - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:21 EST
- ''Batch reading'' mammograms lowers recall rates
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:00 EST
- Study: New Mammograms Good for Young Women
ABC News - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:20 EST
- Study: New Mammograms Good for Young Women
ABC News - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 05:43 EST
- Study: New Mammograms Good for Young Women
ABC News - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:46 EST
- Study: New Mammograms Good for Young Women
ABC News - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 03:55 EST
- Study: New Mammograms Good for Young Women
ABC News - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:42 EST
- Study: New Mammograms Good for Young Women
ABC News - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:25 EST
- Digital mammograms offer better detection of hard-to-detect breast cancers
The Earth Times - Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:02 EST
- Digital mammograms better for younger women
MSNBC - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:26 EST
- Women Do Not Receive Mammograms as Often as Recommended, Study Indicates
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Sep 2005 05:00 EST
- Digital mammograms better at spotting breast cancer than standard film technology (women under 50)
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Sep 2005 02:00 EST
- Many American women not going for routine mammograms: study
The Earth Times - Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:02 EST
- Digital Mammography Trial Results Announced: Women with Dense Breasts, Women Younger than 50, and Those Who are Perimenopausal May Benefit from Digital Mammograms
National Institutes of Health - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:10 EST
- Study Weighs the Two Types of Mammogram
New York Times - Sat, 17 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
- Questionnaire identifies high risk breast or ovarian cancer women - Protocol may determine need for additional screening, preventive treatment
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:00 EST
- Many women fail to get regular mammograms
Reuters - Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:41 EST
- Digital Breast Screening Best for Many Women
WebMD - Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:22 EST
- Many Women Don''t Get Recommended Mammograms
WebMD - Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:20 EST
- CAD helps detect smaller tumors in younger women
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
- Many women who get mammograms failing to return for routine screenings
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:00 EST
- Mammograms Boost Survival Odds
MedicineNet - Wed, 17 Aug 2005 06:00 EST
- Obese people less likely to receive mammograms, Pap smears, flu shots from health care providers
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:00 EST
- Overweight People Get Less Preventive Care
WebMD - Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:52 EST
- More Women Are Getting Mammograms
WebMD - Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:20 EST
- With mammograms, experience counts
MSNBC - Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:58 EST
- What Women Want to Know Before 1st Mammogram
WebMD - Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:29 EST
- Digital Mammography Decreases 'Call-back' Appointments, Reducing Patient Anxiety and Leading to Significant Costs Savings
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 17 May 2005 02:00 EST
- Many Women Wait Weeks for a Mammogram
Reuters - Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:33 EST
- Report: Mammogram Rates Declining
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