Mammography

As part of a federal spending bill passed late Friday, Congress directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a national minimum standard for including fibroglandular breast density information on mammography reports. While 36 states have already enacted their own breast...

A novel technique that uses mammography to determine the biological tissue composition of a tumor could help reduce unnecessary breast biopsies, according to a new study appearing in the journal Radiology

The shift from film to digital mammography increased the detection of breast cancer by 14 percent overall in the United Kingdom without increasing the recall rate, according to a major new study appearing in the journal Radiology.

Stamatia Destounis, M.D., FACR, associate professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine, and attending radiologist, Elizabeth Wende Breast Care, explains the details of a new study showing the benefits of mammography in elderly women at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)...

Women age 75 years and older should continue to get screening mammograms because of the comparatively high incidence of breast cancer found in this age group, according to a new study. The study was presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov. 25...