For High-Risk Women, Mammography Can More Than Double Risk for Breast Cancer

Pour les femmes à haut risque, la mammographie mettent en boîte le risque plus que double pour le cancer du sein

par Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News Associate Editor | December 04, 2009

Read a summary about the findings:
http://www.rsna.org/media/pressreleases/pr_target.cfm?ID=446

Read the details in the abstract:

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http://rsna2009.rsna.org/search/event_display.cfm?em_id=8012231&printmode=y&autoprint=n

Read prior coverage:

Mammography May Increase Breast Cancer Risk in Some High-Risk Women
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10863/

Read DOTmed News coverage of the USPSTF screening recommendation controversy:

Proposed Senate Bill Conflicts With Official Statements on Mammography Screening
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10851/

Health Care Reform Round-Up: Reaction to Cloture Vote
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10842/

Will Health Care Reform Doom Mammography?
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10840/

New Mammography Guidelines Could Have Deadly Effects for American Women
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10839/

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Has Stunning New Guidelines on Mammography
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10771/

Senate Votes in Favor of Cloture on Health Care Reform Bill
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10820/

Senate Health Care Reform Bill Unveiled
https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10794/

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