Experts agree mammograms are the best tool to screen for breast cancer and that the benefits of the exam outweigh the risks. But a video in Spanish recommended that women over 40 skip mammograms, ...

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When should you begin getting mammograms? Guidelines disagree on whether to begin at age 40, 45 or 50, and whether a yearly or every-other-year scan is best. So here are some tips to help you decide.

Up until about two decades ago, all mammograms were done using an X-ray machine, which generated two-dimensional (2D) images of breast tissue. In 2011, however, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

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Contrast-enhanced mammography identified three times as many tumors as ultrasound scans. But it is not widely used for screening in the United States. By Roni Caryn Rabin See more of our coverage in ...

As the face of cancer in the U.S. gets younger and younger, more women should know about — and take advantage of — their options for breast cancer screening, experts say. Rates of breast cancer among ...