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• Study Finds Rising Breast Cancer Rates Among Young Women

  October 14, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  Women are increasingly being diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age, likely due to new screening guidelines. However, minorities have not benefited from lower breast cancer death rates like white women have.

• Mammogram False Positives Can Lead To Missed Screenings, Lack of Early Treatment: Study

  February 13, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that mammogram false alarms can prevent women from getting future screenings,. which could increase their risk of missing an early cancer diagnosis.

• Mammograms Leading To Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis: Study

  October 17, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  A new study indicates that mammograms have led to widespread over diagnosis of breast cancer.

• Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Costs U.S. $4B Every Year: Study

  April 8, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study estimates that breast cancer misdiagnosis and mammogram false-positives cost the U.S. healthcare system $4 billion each year.

• FDA Warns of Problems with Montana Mammography Lab Results

  June 24, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA is warning of poor quality mammograms from a Montana laboratory, saying patients may need to be retested.