''The largest organization representing U.S. breast surgeons is issuing new screening guidelines, advising women at average risk to begin annual mammograms at age 40. Those guidelines differ from advisories from the influential U.S. Preventive Services ...'

''The use of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), also known as 3-D mammography, may significantly reduce the number of women who undergo breast biopsy for a non-cancerous lesion following an abnormal mammogram, according to a new study published in the ...'

''What is breast density? The denser the material is, the lighter it appears on an X-ray. Conversely, the less dense the material is, the darker it appears. On a breast X-ray - a mammogram - dark areas correspond to fat in the breast. Lighter areas ...'

'' Breast cancer rates increased significantly in four Norwegian counties after women there began undergoing mammography every two years, according to a new report Rates among regularly screened women remained higher than rates among women of the same age ...'

''Detectors that are presently used for mammograms and for dose measurements in radiotherapy are often rigid, causing errors in screening, or dose delivery to surrounding healthy tissue. This has raised concerns of additional tissue damage or the growth of ...'