Tag: mammography
Pink October: is there too long a time limit for access to screening mammography?
News Published on 01/10/2024 at 4:43 p.m. updated on 01/10/2024 at 4:43 p.m. Reading 2 min. In the regional daily press, various articles report the anger of women who have…
Invite older women to mammography
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Mammography involves taking pictures of the breasts with a special X-ray machine to prevent breast cancer. Archive image. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT The National Board of…
Mammography: “Do it every year”, the poignant message from Carla Bruni who reveals her breast cancer
“Get your mammograms. It’s about your lives.” In a message posted on Instagram on October 4, 2023, Carla Bruni announces that she underwent surgery for breast cancer 4 years ago.…
What is the 3D mammography now recommended for breast cancer screening?
The Haute Autorité de Santé recommends introducing 3D mammography by tomosynthesis in breast cancer screening offered to women aged 50 to 74. What’s the point ? What does it change…
Breast cancer: a fingerprint test to replace mammography?
News Published on 02/22/2023 at 6:27 p.m. Updated 02/22/2023 at 6:27 p.m. Reading 2 mins. According to a new study, a digital screening test could detect breast cancer. It claims…
Harrigan partners with CKHA Foundation to raise funds to buy VELA mammography chair
News Local News Melissa Harrigan is seen here with her husband Kris, who is wearing a ‘Her fight is our fight’ T-shirt that are being sold as a fundraiser to…
Women with dense breasts are more often missed in mammography
Every year, roughly 8,000 women get breast cancer in Sweden, and in 2020, almost 1,400 women died of the disease. Every second Swedish woman also has so-called dense breasts and…