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Screening mammography

Known as: screening mammogram, mammograms screening, mammography screening 
X-rays of the breasts taken to check for breast cancer in the absence of signs or symptoms.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2013
Review
2013
Comparison of tomosynthesis plus digital mammography and digital mammography alone for breast cancer screening.
PURPOSE To compare screening recall rates and cancer detection rates of tomosynthesis plus conventional digital mammography to… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Digital breast tomosynthesis: initial experience in 98 women with abnormal digital screening mammography.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to compare the image quality of tomosynthesis with that of conventional mammography and to… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Performance benchmarks for screening mammography.
PURPOSE To retrospectively evaluate the range of performance outcomes of the radiologist in an audit of screening mammography by… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
SweDCIS: Radiotherapy after sector resection for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Results of a randomised trial in a population offered mammography screening
We studied the effect of postoperative radiotherapy (RT) after breast sector resection for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Screening women at high risk for breast cancer with mammography and magnetic resonance imaging
The authors compared the performance of screening mammography versus magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in women at genetically… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
What is the relationship between breast cancer risk and mammography screening? A meta-analytic review.
This meta-analytic review addresses the issue of how a woman's risk of breast cancer relates to the likelihood that she will… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Effect of estrogen replacement therapy on the specificity and sensitivity of screening mammography.
BACKGROUND Previous studies have demonstrated that mammographic breast density increases following the initiation of estrogen… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Variability in the interpretation of screening mammograms by US radiologists. Findings from a national sample.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of screening mammography by estimating the variability in radiologists' ability to detect… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Changes in the use of screening mammography: evidence from the 1987 and 1990 National Health Interview Surveys.
OBJECTIVES Mammography rates reported by women in the National Health Interview Surveys of 1990 and 1987 are examined. Why this… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Breast cancer screening by mammography: utilization and associated factors.
The status of mammography screening experience and factors related to utilization were examined in six towns serviced by… 
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