The new breast cancer screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force might be confusing if you are between ages 40 and 49. While the task force recommended screenings start at 40 ...
Mammograms are a critical part of your reproductive care and overall health and wellness. After all, breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the United States and is responsible for ...
Women enjoy having their breasts squished between metal plates and X-rayed about as much as they like a Pap smear or having a cavity filled. That is to say, not at all. And yet the annual mammogram is ...
The new breast cancer screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force might be confusing if you are person with breasts between ages 40 and 49. While the task force moved screenings ...
Jennifer DeFrancisco is grateful her breast cancer was detected early. At 42, her gynecologist felt something odd in her breast and insisted she get a mammogram to confirm. The Bedminster Township, ...
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 ...
Patients with stage 1 or 2, hormone receptor (HR)-negative breast cancer had similar five-year rates of locoregional recurrence whether or not they underwent preoperative breast magnetic resonance ...
Patients with stage 1 or 2, hormone receptor (HR)-negative breast cancer had similar five-year rates of locoregional recurrence whether or not they underwent preoperative breast magnetic resonance ...
Women who receive a false-positive mammography have a higher likelihood of developing breast cancer in the following 20 years, according to a new study. Women who had the highest risk were between 60 ...
According to Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Idaho has the second lowest mammography rate in the U.S. Only about 65% of women 40 and older have gotten screened in the past two years. "A lot of ...