By: Liam Davenport From: medscape.com Older women who have had breast cancer frequently undergo annual surveillance mammography, even if there is only a small risk of their developing a second cancer or if they have other mortality risks associated with age and comorbidities. This ongoing annual surveillance with mammography may be doing more harm than good, warn researchers. In a study …
One in five women likely to forgo additional testing after abnormal mammogram
Source: Radiological Society of North America From: news-medical.net One in five women is likely to forgo additional testing after an abnormal finding on a screening mammogram if there is a deductible, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). As health care costs and insurance premiums have increased in …
Half of all women experience false positive mammograms after 10 years of annual screening
Source: University of California – Davis Health From: sciencedaily.com A study led by UC Davis Health has found that half of all women will experience at least one false positive mammogram over a decade of annual breast cancer screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography). The risk of false positive results after 10 years of screening is considerably lower in …
Does Medicare Cover Mammograms and Breast Cancer Treatment?
By: John Rossheim From: finance.yahoo.com Medicare offers substantial coverage for mammograms and breast cancer surgeries, therapies and prostheses. What you’ll pay will depend on the extent of services required and whether you receive care as an outpatient or inpatient. Screening and diagnostic mammograms Medicare Part B, which covers outpatient services, pays 100% for a screening mammogram — an imaging technique …
Abbreviated breast MRI bests mammo, ultrasound for second cancers
From: auntminnie.com Abbreviated breast MRI in women with a personal history of breast cancer is more sensitive for the diagnosis of a second breast cancer than mammography or ultrasound, according to a study published June 23 in Academic Radiology. Additionally, the modality shows better performance on subsequent rounds of screening, wrote a team led by Dr. Seung Jin Baek of CHA …
Inpatient mammograms can reduce disparities in breast cancer screening rates
Source: Massachusetts General Hospital From: eurekalert.org Completing cancer screening tests, such as mammograms, can be challenging for low-income people, who may face such challenges as lack of transportation or inability to take time off work. A team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) explored the possibility of addressing preventive care needs when patients are admitted to the hospital. The pilot study, …
Mammograms reduce odds for advanced, deadly breast cancer
By: Health News Daily From: upi.com There’s good news for women: Getting a mammogram regularly can cut their odds of advanced and sometimes fatal breast cancers, a new study says. European researchers tracked data from nearly 550,000 women in Sweden who were eligible for mammography screening. The team compared rates of advanced and breast cancers that were fatal within 10 …
Routine Cancer Screenings Plunge During COVID-19
By: Alicia Green From: cancerhealth.com Since March, Americans have been urged to delay routine mammograms and colonoscopies to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. As a result, screenings for breast, cervix and colon cancer are down between 86% and 94%, according to new data from electronic medical records vendor Epic, reports STAT. Epic used data from 2.7 million American …
Dense Breasts 101: What You Need To Know if You Have This Type of Breast Tissue
By: Barbara Brody From: everydayhealth.com If you have dense breast tissue, you’re at higher risk for breast cancer and your breasts will be harder to screen via mammograms. Here’s what you need to know to navigate risk and screening. Since the advent of the pink ribbon, women have been blasted with the message that mammograms save lives. And research does …
Breast MRI may be too sensitive for some for annual cancer screening
By: Amy Norton, HealthDay News From: upi.com Researchers say that while MRI picks up more than a mammogram, it also can lead to false positives and unneeded biopsies. Breast MRI screening is a good way to detect small tumors, but it’s unclear how much it benefits women with a history of breast cancer, a new study finds. Right now, experts …