All Articles on Mammography

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  Race, income, education affect access to 3D mammography

  The technology’s potential benefits to detect breast cancer earlier are not equally shared among all women, researchers find.
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  Artificial intelligence: Aiding, not replacing radiologists

  A $1 million challenge using Kaiser Permanente data shows how AI can assist in breast cancer screening.
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  Few benefits seen for ultrasonograms for women with dense breasts

  Dense breasts are a risk factor for breast cancer, and the more dense breasts are, the more difficult it can be to detect cancer on mammograms. Many state regulations have been enacted—and more proposed—requiring health providers to tell women if their mammogram shows their breasts are dense.
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  How can radiologists detect breast cancer more accurately?

  Research suggests having radiologists do diagnostic workups of some of their own recalled cases can help improve accuracy.
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  Digital mammograms have raised costs with only small health benefits

  The trend toward digital mammograms was given a mixed report card in the study Benefits, Harms, and Costs for Breast Cancer Screening After U.S. Implementation of Digital Mammography e-published on May 28 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
• Biennial mammograms best for ages 50–74, even with dense breasts

  Screening for breast cancer every two years appears just as beneficial as yearly mammograms for women age 50–74, with significantly fewer “false positives”—even for women whose breasts were dense or who used hormone therapy for menopause.
• Yearly mammograms? Expect a ‘false positive’ each decade

  In 10 years of annual mammograms, more than half of women without cancer will be called back at least once for more testing. And about one in 12 will be referred for a biopsy, according to a study of national Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium data in the Annals of Internal Medicine.