It’s always a good idea to get a mammogram, even if you have no significant history of breast cancer. That’s because most breast cancers are found in women without that factor, radiologist Dr. Mason ...

Breast cancer screening for women at average risk, it should be done every other year beginning at age 40, meaning mammograms should start ten years earlier than previously recommended. The U.S.

HUNTINGTON — It’s widely recommended by medical professionals that women begin yearly mammogram screenings at age 40. Mammograms are an essential in catching breast cancer early. The practice has ...

Mammograms help doctors detect breast cancer, but now they are being used in a new way -- to identify women who are at risk for heart disease. Not seeing signs of cancer on her routine mammogram is ...

A new study suggests that tailoring breast cancer screening to a woman’s individual risk can be as safe as yearly mammograms ...

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 ...

A new FDA rule says health care providers have to tell patients that they have dense breasts, which are a breast cancer risk factor. Tetra Images via Getty Images Breast cancer is a scary reality for ...

No, this isn't trick question—though it may sound like one, given how ubiquitous the screenings are. But the conventional wisdom has been seriously challenged as of a year ago, when a study of six ...