A new, less painful mammogram
A system was developed by a Dutch team to alleviate the pain of a mammogram in many women.Getting a mammogram ...
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Pink October: the 5 questions you ask yourself about breast cancer
Screening more for breast cancer: this is the key message of the Pink October campaign. On this occasion, we come ...
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Pink October: popular but little incentive for screening
Popular, it does not necessarily achieve its goals. The Pink October campaign would not encourage screening for 75% of people, ...
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Breast cancer: organized screening unnecessary after 70
Overdiagnosis and overtreatment: these are the two conclusions to be drawn from organized screening for breast cancer after 70 years. ...
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In Brazil, you need a good grade on a pap smear to be a teacher
The State of Sao Paulo requires female candidates for teaching posts to provide the results of a pap smear. A ...
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3D mammography improves breast cancer screening
Performed in 3D, mammography can detect 29% more breast cancer, while reducing the number of false alarms.3D regularly enriches medical ...
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Breast cancer: why organized screening is useful
A Canadian study tends to show that the risk of dying from breast cancer is no less important in women ...
Read moreAnother mammogram!
April 29, 2003 - The findings of a new study, which found that mammography reduced the risk of dying from ...
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The benefit of organized breast cancer screening demonstrated
Organized screening reduces female mortality by 20%, but induces an overdiagnosis of 11%, according to a summary of international studies ...
Read moreMammography saves lives
The debate has been raging for several years: can breast cancer screening by mammography save lives? Yesterday, for some, the ...
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Three million women had a mammogram in 2012
The rate of participation in breast cancer screening is rather encouraging. Two thirds of women aged 50 to 74 have ...
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Breast cancer screening: women need reassurance
Loneliness, anxiety while awaiting results, two surveys by the Cancer Institute show that women who participate in organized breast cancer ...
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Organized breast cancer screening reduces mortality by 21%
Each year, a third of the 50,000 new cases of breast cancer are detected through organized screening. Yet a third ...
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Prolonged breastfeeding would delay breast cancer by 10 years
According to a Spanish study, long-term breastfeeding delays the age of onset of breast cancer, on average by 10 years. ...
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Cancer in young women: rarer but more aggressive
Actress Valérie Benguigui died of breast cancer. Uncommon in young women, this type of cancer is more aggressive but is ...
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Breast cancer: screening organized before age 50 would reduce mortality
Half of breast cancer deaths occur before age 50, according to an American study. Should we open organized screening to ...
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Breast implants suspected of delaying detection of breast cancer
According to a Canadian study, the presence of breast implants would lead to a later screening for breast cancer. The ...
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