When it comes to deciding the age for starting mammography, family history of cancer should count more, according to an analysis of Swedish registries just published in JAMA Oncology. To identify the risk-adapted starting age [more]
Mammograms are unlikely to benefit older women with increased comorbidity, as they would probably die from something else before they could develop breast cancer. That is what results from a new study on more than [more]
As many as Baltimore’s residents. This is the answer to the question: “How many breast cancer patients have been saved from death in the past 30 years thanks to mammography screening and improved treatment?”. Baltimore [more]
When it comes to breast cancer screening with mammography, are women receiving a coherent message about the best age to start and to stop, and about frequency? A survey examined the situation in the United [more]
Being diagnosed with a woman’s cancer can pose all sorts of problems for a man. Should breast cancer advocacy groups be more welcoming? Do men need their own groups, or don’t they do that sort [more]
Roland Holland started investigating mammograms and their relation to pathological findings as part of the first European pilot of breast screening. His findings were later used by Umberto Veronesi as key evidence in support of [more]