#mammograms

The new consensus guidelines apply to women who have had breast cancer in the past and were at least 75 years old.

The Food and Drug Administration re-emphasizes that mammography is still the most effective breast cancer screening test.

Jamil Rivers, 42, is the board president of METAvivor, a nonprofit breast cancer organization. She is living with metastatic breast cancer.

Language barriers prevent some women from receiving potentially lifesaving breast cancer screenings.

The reduction in mortality was most evident during the first 10 years of follow-up after the first scan at age 40.

Speak up, especially when it comes to being an advocate for your own health!

However, the jury is still out on whether such screening really does lower women’s risk of death.

Screening appointments for cervix, colon and breast cancer are down between 86% and 94%.

‘Abbreviated’ MRI beats 3D mammography in new screening study, but cost and utilization remain big questions.

Screening mammograms should be postponed until later this year—or longer, if the coronavirus crisis continues.

Study finds estrogen alone and estrogen plus progesterone after menopause have opposite effects on breast cancer incidence.

This technological advancement could help make up for a shortage in radiologists in the United Kingdom in particular.

“I remember thinking that the story would save lives,” writes Kristen Dahlgren. “I had no idea the life it would save would be my own."

Adding a second screening method finds more early cancer between mammograms but also leads to more false positives.

“Everyone has a different stake in all this, and it all seems to be tied to financial gain.”

Users can receive checkup reminders for cholesterol tests and mammograms, among other benefits.