Science news articles about 'mammography examinations'

... specimen at the ESRF, using a radiation dose similar to that of a mammography examination. The dose corresponded to a quarter of that required ... cancer, which is also very difficult to visualize in clinical mammography. In this kind of sample, the determination of the extension of the cancer ...

Research suggesting that mammography examinations do not help women leaves many in a treatment quandary.

Mammography examinations of women aged 40–49 reduce breast cancer mortality by 29%, a statistically significant reduction, according to a national study in Sweden.

... reviewed 2,071,814 screening mammography examinations performed between January 1997 and December ... and 79 as part of routine regular screening mammography. They uncovered a clear pattern: women 50 ...

... , allowing tumors to go undetected on screening mammography examination and progress to a more advanced and aggressive stage ... , it is not known whether the tumors were detected by screening mammography. The editorialists also discuss other possible reasons for the strong ...