Screening: Co-Pays Seen as a Deterrent to Getting Mammograms
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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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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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BOSTON -- The mammogram debate continued Tuesday after another study suggested some women may only need the screening test every other year.
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The Food and Drug Administration is advising women who recently received mammograms at Ecumed Health Group in Hialeah, Fla., to seek another screening or an independent review of past film to ensure breast cancer warnings weren't missed.
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SATURDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- Mammograms have become a rite of passage for 40-year-old American women, and a compulsory exercise for those over 40.
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NEW YORK  - Breast cancer screening in the US is common among women 80 years of age or older, but it is of little benefit to the majority of them, according to a new study.
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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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NEW YORK  - Screening for cancer quite  often produces a false-positive result, and this can lead to  costly -- and ultimately unnecessary -- follow-up testing,  according to a new report.
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A bowel cancer screening programme is being introduced in a bid to reduce deaths.
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Women whose breast cancer is detected by a mammography have a better prognosis than women whose cancer is detected through other means, a new study finds.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDayNews) -- Women whose breast cancer is detected by physical examination are about three times more likely to receive chemotherapy than women whose breast cancer is detected by mammography, a Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center study finds.
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Cancers were harder to detect in the breasts of lower-weight women who were also more likely to develop cancers between screenings, according to a study.
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A mammogram may be less effective if a woman is on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a new British study finds. Mammography&#39;s ability to detect and exclude
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Older, less educated and lower-income women are less likely to get a mammogram even when their insurance pays for it, and those who go without mammograms are more likely not to be diagnosed with breast cancer until the disease has advanced, according to a
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A mammogram is a low-dose X-ray picture of the breast. Along with a breast exam, it&#39;s the best way to find breast cancer in its earliest stages when it&#39;s easiest to treat, the National Cancer Institute (news - web sites) says.
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NEW YORK  - Women in their 40s, who tend to have relatively dense breast tissue, are more likely to have a breast tumor missed on a screening mammogram than are older women, new study findings suggest.