Women should get mammograms every other year starting at age 40, according to updated recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). This is a significant change from previous ...

A breast cancer patient who says a mammogram likely saved her life has urged people to attend routine screening appointments.

A pioneering study has found that an individualized approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients' risk, rather ...

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

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 ...

An individualised approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients' risk, rather than annual mammograms, can lower ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Because of the pandemic, a vast majority of women have not had a mammogram this year, which is raising alarms for the American Cancer Society, an organization concerned with detecting ...

This image provided by the UW/Fred Hutch Cancer Center Breast Imaging in October 2024 shows mammogram scans with dense and not dense tissue. (UW/Fred Hutch Cancer Center Breast Imaging via AP) When a ...

A long-awaited study shows that screening for breast cancer with annual mammograms may not always be the best way to catch the disease.

Tailoring breast cancer screening to a woman's individual cancer risk might work better than annual mammograms, researchers ...

Doctors tell patients to ignore the guidelines as cancer call centers light up. Nov. 18, 2009— -- New guidelines saying women between the ages of 40 and 50 should not receive mammograms to screen ...

Regular mammograms reduce breast cancer deaths, says Swedish study. June 28, 2011— -- Mammograms save lives, period, end of story. But it takes decades to appreciate just how many. That's the ...