Nonparticipants had a higher likelihood of stage III (odds ratio [OR], 1.53) and stage IV cancer (OR, 3.61) compared with first-screening participants. HealthDay News — Women who do not participate in ...

WASHINGTON -- Women are now advised to get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and until age 74, according to new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, a ...

Breast cancer survivors with dense breast tissue should be proactive in their screening approach, considering both 3D ...

New technologies are helping to reduce the odds of a false-positive mammogram. (Getty Images) While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going ...

Breast cancer screening based on individual risk rather than annual screening is safe, effective and preferred by patients, ...

Women should get a mammogram every two years starting at age 50 — and while routine screening brings little benefit in the 40s, beginning it that early should be a personal choice, a government task ...

AAP FACTCHECK - Australia has not suspended breast cancer screening services, despite claims that several countries have ...

Upstate University Hospital is providing breast cancer screenings directly to women in Onondaga and Oswego Counties with its ...

May 5, 2010 — Screening mammograms in younger women have low accuracy and detect few cancers, according to the results of a study published online May 3 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ...

If a woman came to St. David's South Austin Medical Center and needed a mammogram, there wasn't really a designated space for that, even though the hospital has a thriving cancer care program. Now St.

Eight women sat in a circle, eating pizza and salad and drinking wine on a recent evening. It had a bit of a book-club vibe, but this was a very different type of gathering. Shelly Budde, a nurse with ...