Can mammogram screening be more effective?
About 35 percent of women get annual mammograms from age 40 onward. But the value…
Browsing: breast cancer screening
New mammogram measures of breast cancer risk could revolutionise screening
World-first techniques for predicting breast cancer risk from mammograms that were developed in Melbourne could…
Breast screening linked to 60 per cent lower risk of breast cancer death in first 10 years
Women who take part in breast screening have a significantly greater benefit from treatments than…
For women with genetic risk, twice-a-year MRI beats mammograms
Getting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans twice a year instead of one annual mammogram is…
Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality
Fewer and fewer women die from breast cancer in recent years but, surprisingly, the decline…
New study confirms higher cancer rate in women with dense breast tissue
Researchers using automated breast density measurements have found that women with mammographically dense breast tissue…
Many women with breast cancer may not need chemo, but beware misleading headlines
Darren Saunders, UNSW Findings from a major international clinical trial suggest a significant number of…
Diagnosing breast cancer with an imaging pill
For women, mammograms are a sometimes uncomfortable, but necessary, annual ritual. But this procedure doesn’t…
Breast cancers detected at smaller size in women with implants
Breast augmentation with implants does not interfere with the ability to detect later breast cancers…
Prevalence of routine breast cancer screening practices among migrant-Australian women
Despite increased awareness of the prevalence of breast cancer and importance of early detection, a…