Women Undeterred by False-Positive Mammograms
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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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Every other year may be enough for women over 50 to have a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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HIALEAH, Fla. -- The Food and Drug Administration is advising women who received mammograms at a Hialeah Clinic to be tested again, since the facility did not meet federal standards.
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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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Contrary to some beliefs, women who return to work after being diagnosed with breast cancer are not typically demoted or otherwise discriminated against in the workplace, new study findings show.
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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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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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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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NEW YORK  - A decision aid that discusses both the pros and cons of continuing mammographic screening may help older women make the best informed choice, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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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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(HealthDayNews) -- A mammogram is a low-dose X-ray picture of the breast. Along with a breast exam, it's the best way to find breast cancer in its earliest stages when it's easiest to treat, the National Cancer Institute says.
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TORONTO (CP) - MRI scans detect breast cancer at twice the rate of traditional screening procedures, says a Canadian-led study that suggests only the most at-risk women consider the costly procedure because of its tremendous false positive rate.
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After rising steadily for decades, the proportion of U.S. women getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer has dropped for the first time, federal researchers are reporting today.
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P&gt; Many of the same women who diligently wear pink ribbons, schedule annual mammograms and perform breast self-checks have no idea that breast cancer is not the No.
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With fewer women getting mammograms in New York and nationwide, some of the city's most powerful women gathered at City Hall on Wednesday to spread public awareness about the breast cancer screening tool.
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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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Women with a high genetic risk of breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography or other methods.