Every Other Year May Be Enough for Mammogram -Study
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Every other year may be enough for  women over 50 to have a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on  Tuesday.
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SUNDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- An abnormal mammogram can cause understandable worry. But what's the best next step a woman should take?
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A blood test to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages could be made available in the UK next year.
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LONDON  - In an effort to find new ways to prevent breast cancer, two British cancer organizations called for the help of 100,000 volunteers to participate in a lifelong breast cancer study.
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MAMMOGRAMS may be less effective if a woman is on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), a British study has found. Researchers in the British Medical Journal say mammography&#39;s ability to detect
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A 20-year follow-up of a breast-cancer treatment trial shows that radiation, given in addition to surgery and chemotherapy, can increase women's survival prospects.
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Every other year may be enough for women over 50 to have a mammogram, US researchers said on Tuesday. A study of nearly 8,000 women showed that those who let a two-year interval
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Women whose breast cancer is detected  by mammography have a lower risk of the cancer recurring after  treatment compared to those who discover a tumor by other  means, a Finnish study said on Tuesday.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It can be very daunting for a woman to have to undergo additional tests after a mammogram and then to find out there is nothing wrong.
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Dark-field x-ray imaging could make for more-accurate mammograms and better security screens.
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Women with breast cancer detected during a mammogram have a lower risk that the tumors will recur than women diagnosed without the screening test, according to a study in the Sept.
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On Friday, Oct. 15, the American Cancer Society will join other health organizations in observing National Mammography Day, encouraging women age 40 and over to have an annual mammogram.
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The test could help about 80,000 women a year make better choices about how to treat their breast cancer, federal officials said. Half could safely skip chemotherapy, they said.
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Though National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is coming to an end, local efforts to promote early detection and to encourage annual breast exams and mammograms will continue.
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Experts remain undecided about screening 40 to 50-year-old women for breast cancer.
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"Seven weeks is a long time to be running back and forth. Mentally and physically, it's very draining."  Women with early-stage breast tumors can undergo a shorter course of radiation without a greater risk that their cancer will come back years later, the largest study to test this suggests.The results are good news for women who must quit work or travel far to receive the five-week, daily treatments usually given.'This is very disruptive to your life. If we could achieve the same outcome with less frequent visits to the radiation center ... this would be a tremendous benefit,' said Dr. Julie Gralow of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Read more
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Mammograms are not as effective at detecting potentially life-threatening breast cancers in thin women, those taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and those who have had previous breast surgery as they are in other women, scientists reveal today.