Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, and one where awareness, education, and early detection can have a large impact on a patient’s survival rate. For patients at risk of breast cancer, how can you explain the ways in which breast cancer is screened for and detected, and how important is early detection to reducing mortality?
Cancer detection rate, recall rate, and positive predictive value were similar for radiologists and trained radiographers as first readers.
When should women begin getting mammograms? Guidance can vary based on an individual’s family history or other high-risk identifiers, but physicians advise that women get screened for breast cancer consistently by at least age 50. However, a recent study out of the United Kingdom suggests that starting breast cancer screenings earlier could have a large…
Younger women who have undergone breast conservation therapy may benefit from an MRI in addition to annual mammogram screenings.
Women who receive a false-positive mammography delay their subsequent mammography screenings.
The likelihood of a Medicare beneficiary’s foregoing mammography for socioeconomic reasons is lower than before the Affordable Care Act was implemented.
An abbreviated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol can exclude malignancy in women with suspicious X-ray mammography screening.
A majority of women who receive false positives on mammography experience distress and anxiety.
Screening mammography does not impact the overall breast cancer death rate and can lead to overdiagnosis.
New research review finds limited evidence that screening prevents breast cancer deaths among women in their 40s.
