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The journal, Cancer,
published a study just last September illustrating how important early
detection through mammograms can be. Previous studies show a range of benefits, but this
one, involving 7,301 patients, discovered that 71
percent of confirmed breast cancer deaths happened in the 20 percent of the
women who didn't get regular mammograms. In fact, 50 percent of breast cancer
deaths occurred in women under 50. Most who died from breast cancer never had a mammogram.
These findings were reinforced
earlier this month when researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical
Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine published
findings in the American Journal of Roentgenology comparing two groups
of women between 40 and 49: those being screened and women with symptoms. After
reviewing 230 primary breast cancers, the study concluded that women between 40
and 49 who underwent routine screening mammography were diagnosed earlier with
smaller tumors. They were also less likely to require chemotherapy.
http://www.medimaging.net/radiography/articles/294750653/for_younger_women_study_
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Being careful and proactive about
screening for breast cancer isn’t about paranoia, nor is it something to put
off. Mammograms, which take so little time, can give you the
chance to have and spend so much more of it with your friends and loved ones.
Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology is the
leading breast imaging facility on Long
Island, featuring 3D mammography, groundbreaking technology that generates 3D
images of the breast that gives physicians better views through overlapping
breast tissue. Studies demonstrate that 3D mammography is superior to
conventional mammography in detecting cancer and lowering the risk of
false-positives. ZPR is the only radiology practice using all Hologic 3D
machines -- the gold standard in 3D mammography -- in every location.
