It is a sobering statistic. One in eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer in her lifetime -with the majority of these women not even having a family history of breast cancer. October is ...

‘There’s a lot that’s not understood about breast density and why some [people] have more dense breasts than others,’ says Dr Angela DeMichele, professor of medicine at University of ...

A new study published in JAMA suggests that risk-based breast cancer screening could be a more effective approach than annual ...

If you have health insurance, your screening mammograms may be covered at no cost to you. Without insurance, you can still get free or low-cost mammograms through various organizations. Mammogram ...

Are mammograms worthwhile? No, this isn't trick question—though it may sound like one, given how ubiquitous the screenings are. But the conventional wisdom has been seriously challenged as of a year ...

Purdue is again partnering with Franciscan Health Lafayette Breast Center to increase the university’s mammogram screening rate. Since the implementation of the no-cost screening mammogram program, ...

In an effort to increase mammogram screening rates, along with awareness, we offer a program through Franciscan Health Lafayette Breast Center to reduce barriers to obtaining a preventive mammography ...

Lenore Fusciello Baker won’t quickly forget that day in 2020 when she opened what she thought would be a routine letter from her radiology facility telling her that a recent screening mammogram had ...

At the time of the mammogram, a patient should specifically enquire about their breast density category - Getty When Sarah Fleetwood found a lump in her right breast on the day of the King’s ...

Every year, millions of women get mammograms to screen for breast cancer. About 10% of them are called back for further testing. And 7% to 12% of those women receive a false-positive result, meaning ...