Bone density tests determine if you have osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become more fragile and brittle, making them more likely to break. As most folks do not want to experience the pain associated with such, it is important to get a bone density test every so often. B...
Mammography Helps Detect Heart Risk in Women!
Widely used mammography screening for breast cancer could potentially serve as a tool for detecting heart risk in women as well, a new study suggests. Researchers said the study, involving 292 women, showed a strong correlation between the amount of calcium detected in breast arteries on a mammogram...
Dense Breasts: Ultrasound Beats 3D Mammography!
Ultrasound turned in a better incremental breast cancer detection rate than tomosynthesis in mammography-negative dense breasts, and a similar false-positive rate, according to interim findings from the ASTOUND trial. During 2012-2015, the multicenter Adjunct Screening With Tomosynthesis or Ultrasou...
What is the Radiation Risk of a Breast Screening Mammogram?
Mammograms don’t prevent breast cancer, but they can save lives by finding breast cancer as early as possible. Finding breast cancers early with mammography has also meant that many more women being treated for breast cancer are able to keep their breasts. When caught early, localized cancers can ...
Breast Cancer Detection: Ultrasound Equal to Mammography!
Breast cancer is one of the most prolific type of ailment that has plagued women for many years. In order to fight the disease, experts agree that focusing more on ultrasound can help detect and fight the illness while still in its early stage. In a study published by the Journal of the Na...
Screening Mammogram & Ultrasound Improves Breast Cancer Detection
The addition of ultrasonography to mammography significantly improves the rate of detection of breast cancers in Japanese women, according to trial findings published online in The Lancet on November 5th. Findings showed that combining ultrasound with mammography resulted in correctly detecting...
Screening Mammography Radiation Risk 35% LESS Than Thought!
The low risks from radiation exposure during mammography screening may be even lower than experts have assumed, a new study contends. The new research estimates that the radiation dose from a screening mammogram is anywhere from 20 percent to 35 percent lower than previously thought. Why? Because pa...
Why You Should Begin Screening Mammograms Starting at Age 40
Recently, the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced its new screening guidelines that increase the age for annual mammograms for women of average risk from 40 to 45 years of age and biennial screening for all women between the ages of 55 to 74. ACS also stated that doctors should no longer perform...
Dense Breasts? Know Your Cancer Risk!
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3D Mammography: Hype or Hope?
3D Mammography represents one of the most significant advances in breast cancer screening and prevention for all women in nearly 4 decades (when mammography was first adopted in 1969). The American Cancer Society’s estimates for breast cancer in the United States for 2014 are: About 232,670 ne...