Breast Cancer
American Cancer Society Marks National Mammography Day by Reinforcing Importance of Mammograms
Published in Medical Imaging Week, November 10th, 2007
A study in the June 15, 2007 issue of CANCER found a significant decline in mammography screening nationwide. The worrisome trend comes after decades of increasing mammography use, which has contributed to drops in the breast cancer mortality rate of more than two percent per year since 1990.
"While mammography screenings in women 40 and older increased dramatically, from just 39 percent in 1987 to 70 percent by the year 2000, the most recent...
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