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Dense breast tissue is common and normal, but it can make cancer more difficult to detect. FDA requirements going into effect in September 2024 will dictate that patients be better informed about it.
Early detection of breast cancer is critical to improving chances of survival. But racial and ethnic minority patients systematically have delayed diagnoses that reduce the benefits of screening.
As Australian women over 50 prepare to have their COVID shot, they need to factor in timing of their mammogram. Here’s why.
New research estimates 24% of cancers in men that were detected in 2012 were overdiagnosed, meaning they never would have caused harm if left untreated.
Headlines that 70% of women with breast cancer don’t need chemo need to be heeded with caution: it’s a very specific (but substantial) subtype that was studied.
Unfortunately, there is no net benefit-ometer for breast cancer screening.
October is breast cancer awareness month. Women should know there is no reliable evidence that routine mammograms reduce death from breast cancer, and there’s good evidence that they cause harm.
Calls to routinely offer breast cancer screening to more women might sound like a good idea, but can harm. Here are three questions to ask when figuring out whether more screening really is better.
Women are told it’s important to self-check their breasts. But is this true?
Women with dense breasts are more likely to develop breast cancer. Density also makes it harder for doctors to detect breast cancer on a mammogram.
Screening may save lives but it comes with a cost - and sometimes unbearable decisions - that shouldn’t be underestimated.
Long gone are the days when breast cancer was seen as a tumour with an underlying relationship with oestrogen. The picture is much more complex.
Researchers have been talking about the dangers of overdiagnosis for some time. But now a national survey shows most people aren’t told about the risk it poses to their health – and they want to know.
Major causes have been identified for most common cancers, like liver and lung. But we still haven’t identified one for breast cancer.
“It might do me some good and it won’t hurt to give it a go.” How often have you heard a phrase like this? Most people have naïve optimism about medical care. That’s the finding of a systematic review…
We’ve known for some time that women with dense breasts are at higher risk of breast cancers that are difficult to detect by mammography. To address this problem, 19 US states have introduced laws requiring…
A large study on the benefits of breast cancer screening has cast doubt on the value of mammograms in reducing deaths from the disease in women aged 40-49 compared to other methods such as physical examination…
Celebrities have taken to “live” mammograms on television, undergoing this usually very private procedure in a rather public way. This includes Today show co-host Lisa Wilkinson, and news presenter, Georgie…
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