Study questions value of mammograms, breast cancer screening
A new study questions the value of mammograms for breast cancer screening.
Task force: Mammograms an option at 40, do more good at 50
Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age 50.
Cancer group’s mammogram advice: Start later and get fewer
The American Cancer Society now says women should start mammograms later in life and get fewer of them, a stance that puts the trusted group closer to an influential government task force’s advice.
MUW nurse: Knowing your body, mammograms key in detecting cancer
For women, the only cancer more common than breast cancer is skin cancer.
Study disputes the value of routine mammograms
A Canadian study that many experts say has major flaws has revived debate about the value of mammograms. The research suggests that these screening X-rays do not lower the risk of dying of breast cancer while finding many tumors that do not need treatment.
Latest technology makes painful mammograms a thing of the past
Most women have heard the horror stories, passed around the dinner table and growing in magnitude until a simple diagnostic procedure begins to take on the shadings of an epic nightmare.