A Greenville-based nonprofit will use buses provided by Invision Diagnostics to bring breast cancer screenings to rural communities in Eastern North Carolina. The state-of-the-art buses provide 3D ...

New research suggests X-ray images may offer an early warning sign for cardiovascular disease — the leading cause of death ...

Mammography screening supported by artificial intelligence (AI) is a safe alternative to today's conventional double reading by radiologists and can reduce heavy workloads for doctors. This has now ...

Mammogram screenings are crucial for early detection of breast cancer, but many women face delays in getting them. These delays often occur because women either don’t have a primary care physician or ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force just issued new breast cancer screening guidelines. The guidelines recommend starting mammograms at age 40. Some doctors say the recommendations don’t go far ...

Women are now advised to get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and until age 74, according to new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, a volunteer ...

Women who missed their first screening mammogram had a 53% higher risk of stage III breast cancer over the next 25 years and almost a fourfold higher risk of stage IV breast cancer. Breast cancer ...

Continued screening mammography after age 80 was associated with a 55% better disease-free survival and 74% reduced risk of death after breast cancer diagnosis. Non-screened women had more advanced, ...

Several years ago, my mother, who knows of my skeptical attitude toward mammograms, told me a story. She had gone for her annual mammogram that morning and had heard a story on the radio about a "new ...

Until recently, few questioned the value of periodically screening women by mammography to detect breast cancers at an early stage, when it may be supposed that they can be treated most effectively, ...