Negative Consequences Of Fewer Mammogram Screenings May Be Hitting Breast Cancer Survival Rates

Breast cancer survival rates may be undermined by a recommendation not to routinely screen females aged from 40 to 49 years using mammograms, two new studies have revealed. The USPSTF (US Preventative Services Task Force) had made this recommendation in November 2009…

Cancer survivor rates improving

FOUR OUT of every five women diagnosed with breast cancer today and the same numbers of men diagnosed with prostate cancer will still be alive in five years, a conference in Dublin heard at the weekend.

Breast Cancer Screening And Clinical Breast Examination

Breast cancer detection rates and sensitivity were higher, but so were false-positive rates, among mammography centers that offered clinical breast examination in addition to mammography, according to new study published online August 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. There is controversy about whether adding clinical breast examination to mammography improves the accuracy of breast screening. To address this, Anna M. Chiarelli, Ph.D.

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