Cognitively impaired elderly women get unneeded screening mammography, study finds

Monday, January 18, 2010 - 22:14 in Health & Medicine

A significant percentage of US women 70 years or older who were severely cognitively impaired received screening mammography that was unlikely to benefit them, according to a study of 2,131 elderly women.

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