mammograms

New Advice On Mammograms: Wait Until 50

Michael Santo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:46:57 -0600

New advice for women from a government task force conflicts with the American Cancer Society long-standing recommendation of annual mammographies starting at 40. The new guidelines were issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which influences coverage of screening tests by Medicare and many insurance companies.

Should You Go For Breast Cancer Screening?

Margaret Wilde — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:09:52 -0500

In the Telegraph we read that "Doubt has been cast on the effectiveness of breast cancer screening after new research suggested 2970 women must be tested in order to save one life. "

Interpretation time for screening digital mammograms

harminka — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:33:28 -0600

Digital mammograms take longer to interpret than film-screen mammograms, according to a study performed at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

Fear about screenings keep many African-Americans from getting mammograms

harminka — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:35:26 -0600

Training physicians and caregivers to improve cultural sensitivity and communication with economically disadvantaged African-American patients could influence these women to get mammograms that could save their lives, according to a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Hormone Replacement Therapy Menopause Symptoms Affects Mammogram

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:09:45 -0600

Women who take hormone replacement therapy to ease menopause symptoms have abnormal mammogram results. This makes breast biopsies hard to be detected by doctors.

Addressing care gap in underserved women not easy

harminka — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:24:33 -0600

In an effort to fill a significant gap in the breast care of underserved women, physicians and nurses at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Fla., developed a program, still ongoing, to help overcome barriers that prevent women from receiving timely care after an abnormal mammogram.

Mammogram readers improve breast cancer detection

harminka — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:04:10 -0500

Mammogram readings by both radiologists and non-physician technologists improve breast cancer detection rates, according to a study in the July 24 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Access to prior mammograms helps radiologists detect breast cancer

harminka — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:40:47 -0600

Big bias in who gets screened for breast cancer

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:28:31 -0600

Women With Mental Disorders Less Likely To Have Mammograms

erku — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:39:39 -0500

Nature of mental illness does play a role

Women with mental disorders are less likely to have screening mammograms than women without mental illness, although the nature of the mental illness does play a role, according to a large study published by Indiana University School of Medicine and Richard Roudebush VA Health Services Center for Excellence researchers in the October issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine. Prior to this study, little was known about whether the type or severity of mental illness influences receipt of preventive services such as mammograms.