Up until about two decades ago, all mammograms were done using an X-ray machine, which generated two-dimensional (2D) images of breast tissue. In 2011, however, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Q: I am a 65-year-old woman in remission from breast cancer. I had a single mastectomy and now have an annual mammogram on my remaining breast. I recently learned about 3D mammograms. Is there any ...
Technological advances in cancer screenings help lower the number of cancer deaths. That’s according to the latest report from the American Cancer Society, which also attributes better treatments to a ...
Dear Doctors: I am a 65-year-old woman in remission from breast cancer. I had a single mastectomy and now have an annual mammogram on my remaining breast. I recently learned about 3D mammograms. Is ...
Research suggests 3D mammography could offer benefits over 2D imaging. Newer three-dimensional imaging is more effective at detecting breast cancer and may improve long-term outcomes, according to a ...
Fauquier Hospital health care administrators are citing early detection as the key reason for incorporating a new 3D mammography machine inside its Warrenton-based 97-bed facility. New 3D mammography ...
GROVE, Ok. — Mammogram resources in northeast Oklahoma are expanding thanks to new services being offered at INTEGRIS Health Grove Hospital and INTEGRIS Health Miami Hospital. Officials with INTEGRIS ...
Changes in Missouri law expanding breast cancer screening coverage have led to increased screening rates among Medicaid patients and an increased likelihood of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) among ...
For millions of women, the words "you have dense breasts" can feel both vague and unsettling-especially when it comes after a routine mammogram. Breast density isn’t just a technical term buried in a ...
Laura Dean, MD, is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist at Cleveland Clinic, where she has been practicing since 2014. She completed her residency at Northwestern University’s Foster McGaw Medical ...
Newer three-dimensional imaging is more effective at detecting breast cancer and may improve long-term outcomes, according to a new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine. The study, ...