News tagged with 'Mammogram Errors'

According to a new report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, radiologists, especially those recently graduated from medical school, report false-positive cancer readings up to nearly 16 percent of the time when reading mammogram X-rays. As part of a study on the benefits of mammography, researc

Several recent reports have suggested that mammography may not be as effective as medical experts claim. According to new evidence from four Swedish studies, though, the procedure significantly reduces breast cancer deaths. More than 245,000 women were followed for more than sixteen years in the studies. A woman's r

For years, doctors have considered the mammogram one of the best tools for detecting breast cancer. But a debate is brewing among scientists and health researchers over whether the procedure is as effective as many claim. Two Danish scientists recently concluded that undergoing regular mammograms may not help prevent