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MORE THAN A MAMMOGRAM With a new imaging test called Miraluma, doctors can get a clear view of breast tissue that's otherwise hard to discern on a mammogram...
...Mammograms detect only 75% of invasive breast cancers in women under 50. That's probably because tumors in younger women grow so rapidly that they can go from undetectably small to large between MAMMOGRAM exams...
...This is part of the ongoing controversy about when a woman needs a mammogram," saysTIME's Christine Gormanabout a new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study says that women who begin mammography before the age of 50 may not be increasing their chances of early detection of breast cancer. The American Cancer Institute -- a private, non-profit organization -- continues to recommend regular mammographic exams starting at age 40. "The problem for patients," saysTIME's Janice Castro, "is that if there is no scientific basis for early mammography, insurance companies will refuse...
...sharp contrast to the recommendations of the American Medical Association and the National Cancer Institute, a new study says that mammograms offer few lifesaving benefits for women in their 40s. The research, published in tomorrow's issue of the Journal of The American Medical Association and conducted by a team at the University of California at San Francisco, backs up the National Cancer Institute, which last year stopped recommending that women in their 40s get regular mammograms. "At the time the NCI changed its policy, people said it was a penny-pinching approach to preventive care," saysTIME Health Care reporter...
...mammogram remains the best method of detection, but Keyomarsi's research may lead to a method which will detect the disease well before a mammogram...