screening

December 8, 2017December 8, 2017

Artificial Intelligence Tested to Improve Mammogram Screening

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Researchers in the United Kingdom are launching a project to study if artificial intelligence (AI) could improve the detection of breast cancer in mammograms. If successful, AI-based screening is expected ... Read more

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017

Overweight Women May Need More Mammograms, Study Contends

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Overweight women might need mammograms more often because being overweight increases the risk that a tumor will become large before it is detected, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden argue ... Read more

January 27, 2017January 27, 2017

Breast Cancer Screenings Appear to Do More Harm Than Good, Danish Study Says

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Breast cancer screenings resulted in a substantial rise in early breast tumors and lesions detected, but didn’t reduce the numbers of advanced cancers diagnosed and likely led to excessive overtreatment, a study of screenings ... Read more

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016

Study: Early MRI Screening Reduces Breast Cancer Mortality Among Female Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivors

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Researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada, found that early MRI-based screening reduces breast cancer mortality among women survivors of childhood Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) who were treated with ... Read more

October 30, 2014November 19, 2014

Women Want Advanced Breast Cancer Screening To Be Standard

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Results from a recently concluded survey were published by the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) and revealed most women (4 out of 5) feel health facilities should provide mammograms and diagnostics that ... Read more