Up until about two decades ago, all mammograms were done using an X-ray machine, which generated two-dimensional (2D) images of breast tissue. In 2011, however, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Munson Healthcare does around 40,000 mammograms a year across Northern Michigan. With new technology and a new age to start screening the process of getting a ...

Q: I am a 65-year-old woman in remission from breast cancer. I had a single mastectomy and now have an annual mammogram on my remaining breast. I recently learned about 3D mammograms. Is there any ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and an annual reminder that getting a regular mammogram is currently the most effective tool available for detecting breast cancer early. Cancer treatment is ...

3D mammograms haven't yet been proven to be the best screening tool for breast cancer, but more women in the United States are getting them. From 2015 to 2017, 3D mammography screening increased from ...

Research suggests 3D mammography could offer benefits over 2D imaging. Newer three-dimensional imaging is more effective at detecting breast cancer and may improve long-term outcomes, according to a ...

Dear Doctors: I am a 65-year-old woman in remission from breast cancer. I had a single mastectomy and now have an annual mammogram on my remaining breast. I recently learned about 3D mammograms. Is ...

For millions of women, the words "you have dense breasts" can feel both vague and unsettling-especially when it comes after a routine mammogram. Breast density isn’t just a technical term buried in a ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — It’s been just over a year since Sentara Health expanded its breast cancer screenings with a 3D mobile mammography van. Hampton Roads residents, like Wanda Lynch, say they’re taking ...

Laura Dean, MD, is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist at Cleveland Clinic, where she has been practicing since 2014. She completed her residency at Northwestern University’s Foster McGaw Medical ...

Dear Doctors: I am a 65-year-old woman in remission from breast cancer. I had a single mastectomy and now have an annual mammogram on my remaining breast. I recently learned about 3D mammograms. Is ...