Oct. 17 is National Mammography Day, observed annually on the third Friday of every October, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The National Breast Cancer Foundation says National Mammography Day ...
Women with stage IV breast cancer detected through screening have a 60% chance of survival 10 years after diagnosis. This is in comparison to a survival rate of under 20% of those with stage IV breast ...
A pioneering study has found that an individualized approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients' risk, rather than annual mammograms, can lower the chance of more advanced cancers, ...
Woman’s Hospital is kicking off its “Mammograms Mambo” campaign, urging women across the Capital Region to make breast cancer screening a yearly priority.
A groundbreaking study shows that breast cancer screening works better when it’s personalized. Instead of annual mammograms for all, women were screened based on genetics, health history, and ...
A long-awaited study shows that screening for breast cancer with annual mammograms may not always be the best way to catch the disease. In a study published in JAMA and presented at the San Antonio ...