How effective is mammogram in early detection of breast cancer?
According to cancer.org, "Most doctors feel that early detection tests for breast cancer save many thousands of lives each year, and that many more lives could be saved if even more women and their health care providers took advantage of these tests. Following the American Cancer Society's guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer improves the chances that breast cancer can be diagnosed at an early stage and treated successfully.
Research About Breast Cancer ScreeningNorwegian Study Estimates Overdiagnosis of Breast Cancer from ScreeningAs many as 1 in 4 invasive breast cancers diagnosed in Norway through the country's widespread, population-based mammography screening program never would have caused the woman harm or required treatment, researchers reported in the April 3, 2012, Annals of Internal Medicine. Drawbacks of Adding MRI to Mammography Plus Ultrasound May Outweigh BenefitsAdding ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to annual screening mammograms for women with an increased risk of breast cancer and dense breast tissue detects more new breast cancers than mammography alone but also results in more false-positive findings, according to results of a multicenter clinical trial reported in the April 4, 2012, Journal of the American Medical Association. Cancer Trends Progress Report: Breast Cancer ScreeningThis section of the Cancer Trends Progress Report focuses on screening mammography.
Breast Imaging StudyThe Breast Imaging Study will evaluate the use of several new, promising breast cancer screening techniques in women at high genetic risk of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Surveillance ConsortiumThe Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium studies breast cancer screening practices and fosters collaborative research to improve the practice of community-based mammography screening.
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