Example mammogram assigned a false-positive case score of 96 in a 59-year-old Black patient with scattered fibroglandular breast density. (A) Left craniocaudal and (B) mediolateral oblique views ...

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 ...

Example mammogram assigned a false-positive risk score of 1.0 in a 59-year-old Hispanic patient with heterogeneously dense breasts. Bilateral reconstructed two-dimensional (A, B) craniocaudal and (C, ...

It’s always a good idea to get a mammogram, even if you have no significant history of breast cancer. That’s because most breast cancers are found in women without that factor, radiologist Dr. Mason ...

The question often arises following a disease-screening test that has yielded an ominous but unconfirmed result. In some cases, getting the right answer can save a patient from weeks of sleepless ...

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

Researchers say many doctors lack the statistical training to gauge medical test results. It’s one of the most common questions a patient can ask a doctor: “How worried should I be?” The question ...

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 ...

For most women age 40 or older, getting a mammogram is a yearly ritual — kind of like paying taxes. You may not enjoy it, but you do it. Because there has long been one simple mantra: mammograms save ...

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 ...

Lack of transportation, social isolation were linked to lower mammography use. Thousands of women between ages 50 and 74 are not receiving life-saving mammograms, according to new federal data.