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"False Positive" Mammograms

Half of ALL women experience after 10 years of annual screening

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Dr. Devaki Lindsey Berkson
Aug 15, 2022
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Study from University of California - Davis

Half of all women experience a false positive mammogram after 10 years of annual breast cancer screening with 3D mammography.

This risk was lower for women who had mammograms every other year.

3D screening showed slightly lower false positive results than standard mammography.

"Non-high risk-women" are now recomme…

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