A new study finds that risk-based breast cancer screening could be as safe as annual mammograms, but an expert warns it may ...

Women should get a mammogram every two years starting at age 50 — and while routine screening brings little benefit in the 40s, beginning it that early should be a personal choice, a government task ...

A new study published in JAMA suggests that risk-based breast cancer screening could be a more effective approach than annual ...

WASHINGTON -- Women are now advised to get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and until age 74, according to new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, a ...

A federal health panel has proposed new guidelines for screening mammograms, urging all women to start them at age 40, instead of 50. The draft recommendations from the United States Preventive ...

Once upon a time, women were encouraged to get mammograms to prevent breast cancer -- and that was essentially that. Today, debate swirls over the potential for breast cancer screening to lead to ...

New technologies are helping to reduce the odds of a false-positive mammogram. (Getty Images) While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going ...

Mammography screening is safe for anyone who has received a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot. Yet, people should pay attention to the timing of their COVID-19 vaccine shots and breast cancer ...

Eight women sat in a circle, eating pizza and salad and drinking wine on a recent evening. It had a bit of a book-club vibe, but this was a very different type of gathering. Shelly Budde, a nurse with ...

There are two kinds of mammograms available to women. While both mammograms are used to prevent breast cancer, they are different depending on whether or not a woman has any symptoms. Radiologist Dr.

May 5, 2010 — Screening mammograms in younger women have low accuracy and detect few cancers, according to the results of a study published online May 3 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ...