Monthly archives for May, 2010
Study Finds Mammograms Detect Few Cancers, Produce Many False Positives In Younger Women
Article from: The Advisory Board Company © 2010 . All rights reserved. Article URL 06 May 2010 Mammograms detect few breast cancers in women younger than age 40 and often lead to more tests and unwarranted anxiety because of false positives, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, […]
Screening Mammograms In Younger Women Have Low Accuracy And Detect Few Cancers
Source: Caroline McNeil Journal of the National Cancer Institute URL: Article URL 04 May 2010 Screening mammograms in women under age 40 result in high rates of callbacks and additional imaging tests but low rates of cancer detection, according to a study published online May 3 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Many […]