It’s a simple message – get your annual mammogram to detect breast cancer at its earliest stage. But you may be surprised to hear there are two types of exams. Doctors who devote their practice to ...

Mammogram screenings are crucial for early detection of breast cancer, but many women face delays in getting them. These delays often occur because women either don’t have a primary care physician or ...

Breast cancer screening based on individual risk rather than annual screening is safe, effective and preferred by patients, ...

Nonparticipants had a higher likelihood of stage III (odds ratio [OR], 1.53) and stage IV cancer (OR, 3.61) compared with first-screening participants. HealthDay News — Women who do not participate in ...

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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 ...

The Vandalia Health Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Mobile Mammo Unit will offer convenient screening mammograms with a ...

Eight women sat in a circle, eating pizza and salad and drinking wine on a recent evening. It had a bit of a book-club vibe, but this was a very different type of gathering. Shelly Budde, a nurse with ...

Purdue University is again partnering with Franciscan Health Lafayette Breast Center in an effort to increase the university’s mammogram screening rate. Since the implementation of the no-cost ...

Never miss a mammogram, because it alone could cost you your life. Women who miss mammograms have an increased risk of dying from breast cancer, according to a new study. A new study by researchers at ...

AAP FACTCHECK - Australia has not suspended breast cancer screening services, despite claims that several countries have ...

Didsbury residents will have the opportunity to get screened for breast cancer this February as the Screen Test mobile ...