Fewer American women are having mammograms to screen for breast cancer. This is according to a study carried out by the National Cancer Institute and the Center For Disease Control. The opposite had been the case for 20 years before the period of the study with increasing numbers of women having mammograms each year. Why [...]
Women over 40 not getting regular mammograms in U.S.
Findings presented recently at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium showed that about half of women over 40 are having yearly mammograms to screen for breast cancer even though the procedure is covered by employer-provided insurance or Medicare. Researchers used a database to review medical claims made over a 3 year period ending in December [...]
Mammograms Not Improved By Pausing Hormone Therapy
Post-menopausal women on hormone replacement are usually advised to stop taking their hormone therapy for 1-2 months before they have a mammogram to screen for breast cancer based on research that suggested that this would improve the quality of the mammogram. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) makes the breast tissue appear more dense (thicker) so that [...]
