Topic: Mammography
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News | 2010-01-04 23:59:13
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mammograms should begin at 40 for women with an average risk of breast cancer and by 30 for high-risk women, according to guidelines released on Monday by two groups that specialize in breast imaging, contradicting controversial guidelines from a U.S. advisory panel last year.</p><p>The ...
AP News | 2009-12-23 12:37:44
<div id="subtitle">Teresa Heinz says she has breast cancer, slams federal mammography recommendations</div><div><p>Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue undergoing the tests despite a federal panel's recent recommendation to reduce their frequency.< ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-22 04:12:13
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - As many as 42 percent of women who are at intermediate or high risk of getting breast cancer decide not to get recommended MRI screening, even if it is offered for free, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>A quarter of the women in the study ...
AP News | 2009-12-12 18:47:58
<div id="subtitle">Poor turned away from some free cancer screening centers as economy forces comebacks</div><div><p>As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according ...
