A large U.S. clinical trial found that risk-based breast cancer screening — where screening frequency is tailored to each ...

Breast cancer screenings for women at average risk should be done every other year beginning at age 40, meaning mammograms should start 10 years earlier than previously recommended. The U.S.

It's a test that often gets a bad rap for being uncomfortable and embarrassing. But truth is, mammograms save lives. In fact, since mammography screening became widespread in the mid-1980s, the breast ...

Mammograms remain the gold standard for detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages, potentially saving lives. So, why do some women receive a letter after a negative mammogram – meaning there's no ...

Mammogram rates among women ages 50 to 74 are highest in New England states, with Massachusetts being ahead of the rest of the U.S. October brings with it breast cancer awareness — a month to ...

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If you’re getting checked for breast cancer, you may have the option of digital tomosynthesis. Although it’s a long word (it’s pronounced toh-moh-SIN-thuh-sis), it’s a simple idea: Tomosynthesis is a ...

BI-RADS stands for Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System. It is an assessment tool used to rate the results of a mammogram test. It also assesses your overall breast tissue density. With more dense ...

Dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect signs of breast cancer on a mammogram. Supplemental screening with an ultrasound can help increase breast cancer detection. However, a new ...

Two new studies suggest that routine mammograms could help detect heart disease based on breast arterial calcification.

Black women were dying of breast cancer at higher rates compared with white women in Chicago, despite a county program that had been put in place to improve their access to mammography screening.