Bottom line: The accuracy of diagnostic mammograms differed across racial and ethnic groups, with variation in several measures of diagnostic performance. Journal in which the study was published: ...

A pioneering study has found that an individualized approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients' risk, rather than annual mammograms, can lower the chance of more advanced cancers, ...

Recent trends of attempting to self-diagnose a medical condition based on online searches and without a professional medical expert can be harmful. Advances in technology have changed how and what ...

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 ...

While out-of-pocket costs (OOPCs) have largely been eliminated for screening mammography, they still serve as financial barriers to patients undergoing subsequent diagnostic tests, according to ...

When Cynthia Johnson learned she would owe $200 out-of-pocket for a diagnostic mammogram in Houston, she almost put off getting the test that told her she had breast cancer. “I thought, ‘I really ...

UPDATE (5/30/25) — State lawmakers overrode Governor Kevin Stitt's veto of a bill that would help cover the cost for breast cancer screenings. Governor Stitt vetoed Representative Melissa Provenzano's ...

The identified barriers to completion of screening mammography were grouped as patient, provider, and system categories by the authors. All of the studies operationalized the barriers in varied ways ...

Patients with stage 1 or 2, hormone receptor (HR)-negative breast cancer had similar five-year rates of locoregional recurrence whether or not they underwent preoperative breast magnetic resonance ...

Kelly Stegall of Savannah opted to undergo her first mammogram two years ago, when she was 39, because of a family history of breast cancer. Fortunately, the mammogram showed no problems, but it did ...