News tagged with 'Mammography'

Young women with a high-risk of breast cancer may want to pay attention to the latest findings released Monday suggesting even low doses of radiation from mammograms may increase their risk of breast cancer.

A controversial new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests it may be possible for breast cancer and other cancers to regress without medical intervention.

New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests, a computer together with one expert has the same effectiveness at detecting breast cancer as two different radiologists.

Shorter, intense radiation therapy for three weeks after surgery for early stage breast cancer keeps the disease under control just as well as lower doses for five weeks, a new study finds.

When ultrasound is combined with mammography, the most difficult to find breast cancers were detected. This is particularly useful for diagnosis in dense breasts, the study authors conclude. But expect a lot of false-positives.