Screening mammography is used for the early detection of breast cancer.

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There are two groups of women when it comes to screening mammography women in whom mammography works very well and has saved thousands of lives and women in whom it doesn't work well at all.

The organization helps raise awareness about breast cancer and the importance of mammograms to women 35 and under.

I was at a conference of 60,000 people in breast imaging

So digital mammography has been a giant leap forward for manufacturers of digital mammography equipment, but it's been a very small step forward for womankind.

Both tumors and dense breast tissue appear white on a mammogram, and the X ray often can't distinguish between the two.

Regulation Mammography facilities in the United States and its territories (including military bases) are subject to the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).

Mammography is the process of using low energy X rays (usually around 30 kVp) to examine the human breast, which is used as a diagnostic and screening tool.

Now gamma imaging has been around for a long time to image the heart, and it had even been tried to image the breast.

But you can understand why there may be forces in the breast imaging world who prefer the status quo.

For women without dense breasts, mammography is the best choice.

Ultrasound, ductography, positron emission mammography (PEM), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are adjuncts to mammography.

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You can see, on the right, a mammogram showing a faint tumor, the edges of which are blurred by the dense tissue.

So I studied her mammogram, and I reviewed the radiology literature, and I was shocked to discover that, in her case, our chances of finding a tumor early on the mammogram were less than the toss of a coin.

Third, if you notice a persistent change in your breast, insist on additional imaging.

Reasons for not seeing the cancer include observer error, but more frequently it is because the cancer is hidden by other dense tissue in the breast and even after retrospective review of the mammogram, the cancer cannot be seen.

And fourth and most important, the mammography debate will rage on, but I do believe that all women 40 and older should have an annual mammogram.

I was at a conference of 60,000 people in breast imaging last week in Chicago, and I was stunned that there was a heated debate as to whether we should be telling women what their breast density is.

Indeed, even a mammogram (almost 40 million are given annually in the US) that detects a cancer does not necessarily save a life.

There's a shortage of radiologists qualified to read mammograms, and that's because mammograms are one of the most complex of all radiology studies to interpret, and because radiologists are sued more often over missed breast cancer than any other cause.

This is why the screening program in the UK does not start calling women for screening mammograms until the age of 50.

But she asked me a question how confident was I that I would find a tumor early on her mammogram if she developed one?

And fourth and most important, the mammography debate will rage on, but I do believe that all women 40 and older should have an annual mammogram.

And as we have watched women conquer breast cancer through the breast cancer campaign, this is what we need to do now with heart.

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And when, onscreen, Crystal got breast cancer, 75,000 more young women went to have mammographies done.

If more screening can detect breast cancer in asymptomatic women in their 40 s, wouldn t it also detect cancer in women in their 30 s? And, if so, why not, reductio ad absurdum, begin monthly mammograms at age 15?

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For this reason, and because the radiation sensitivity of the breast in women under 35 is possibly greater than in older women, most radiologists will not perform screening mammography in women under 40.

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