If the mammography shows signs of cancer, it will usually be followed by a biopsy procedure performed by either the radiologist with image guidance or by a surgeon. To improve diagnostic accuracy, it ...

This is true even if the mammogram was done with 3D/tomosynthesis. Looking for a cancer in a dense breast has been compared to looking for a snowball in a blizzard. In dense breasts, a “normal ...

It's always a good idea to get a mammogram, even if you have no significant history of breast cancer. That's because most breast cancers are found in women without that factor, radiologist Dr. Mason ...

such as a tomosynthesis or 3D mammogram. However, there's still debate around the medical significance of dense breasts and whether extra screening should be done. "I think it's because ...

"When the major randomized controlled trials were performed in the 1970s and 1980s to show how effective mammograms are, they ...