Mammography *

Lesbians and Cancer Risk Way back in 1996 the American Medical Association (AMA) took the bold step of issuing a report which concluded that gay women and men may...

Mammography Operator Sentenced For Fraud In the first criminal prosecution ever under the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, a federal court judge in Virginia sentenced the owner of a mobile x-ray operation on Tuesday to 18 months in prison...

Mathematical Method Calculates Breast Cancer Risk A new method of calculating breast cancer risk can help doctors predict a woman`s risk of developing an invasive form of the cancer...

Rodale`s Healthy Living: Section If you`ve just had a mammogram, expect notification of the results, written in layman`s terms, within a month. It`s your right under the newly amended Mammography Quality Standards Act...

More Standardization Could Improve Breast Exams A standardized technique for conducting clinical breast exams is needed and could lead to more cases of breast cancer being diagnosed early...

Many Women Overestimate Mammography`s Accuracy Many women may place too much faith in the ability of mammography to catch breast cancer at its earliest stages, results of an Australian study suggest...

Tamoxifen May Help In Genetic Cancers Dutch researchers said Friday that the anticancer drug tamoxifen may help prevent the spread of breast cancer among women with a common genetic mutation...

New recommendations issued for women's healthcare screening Annual gynecological exams should include screening for hepatitis, diabetes, HIV, and urinary and fecal incontinence, according to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)...

Mammograms after age 69 offer little benefit Mammography screening for breast cancer offers only minimal gains in life expectancy for women beyond the age of 69...