Mammography May Be Less Effective in Certain Women, Study Says
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Mammography may be less effective in detecting breast cancer in women with certain characteristics, including use of hormone replacement therapy, previous breast surgery and normal or
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is better than mammography at detecting additional disease in breast cancer patients, says an Italian study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
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Women with cervical cancer who get radiation therapy at small, local facilities are less likely to be treated effectively, researchers report.
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(Undated) Oct. 20, 2004 - There are several methods available to detect breast cancer, but new research finds one may not be effective.
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TORONTO - Magnetic resonance imaging may be better at finding breast cancer in women who are genetically predisposed to the disease than other screening methods, Canadian researchers say.
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NEW YORK  - About one of every five women who participate in a routine breast cancer screening program for 20 years will have a false-positive result, researchers estimate.
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A new study finds that, for some women, a mammogram may not be the best way to detect early breast cancer. Researchers say women who have the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations run a better chance of having
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More African-American women are  being screened for breast cancer than in years past, but  they're still less likely to have the disease caught early  compared with white women, a new study shows.
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Women who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation may find a MRI examination more accurate for detecting breast cancer than mammography, a Canada study found.
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The Cancer Registry of Norway has released a new study about the accuracy of mammograms. The research looks at the rate of false positives from mammograms.
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Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts.
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Some women claim they don&#39;t have time to get a mammogram. Others believe that with no history of breast cancer in their families, they don&#39;t need one.
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A study finds race plays a major role, with blacks and Native Americans the least likely to be screened. By Steven Reinberg. MONDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDayNews) -- Throughout rural America, breast cancer screening
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Mammograms are an important tool in the fight against breast cancer. Now new research looks at how accurate those mammogram readings really are.
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Twelve dollars may not seem like a high medical cost, but it is enough to deter many women from getting a mammogram, a new study finds.
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NEW YORK  - About one of every five women  who participate in a routine breast cancer screening program  for 20 years will have a false-positive result, researchers  estimate.
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Black women with early-stage breast cancer have lower survival rates than their white counterparts even after taking into account variables such as tumor size and socioeconomic differences, researchers said.