Largest Study on 3D Mammography Finds it Improves Cancer Detection
Dr. Sarah Friedewald, Co-medical Director of the Caldwell Breast Center at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Illinois
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A study being published in The Journal of the American Medical Association finds that 3D mammography is 41 percent more effective in detecting invasive, or lethal, breast cancer than traditional mammography. And, it reduces the number of women called back for unnecessary testing due to false alarms. Researchers studied nearly a half million women at a wide range of health care facilities across the U.S.
Dr. Sarah Friedewald, co-medical director of the Caldwell Breast Center at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Illinois, explains the study.
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I SEE FIRST HAND THE BENEFITS OF FINDING CANCER EARLY WITH 3D MAMMOGRAPHY. THIS RESEARCH IS THE LARGEST, MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON 3D MAMMOGRAPHY TO DATE. WE FOUND THAT 3D SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE DETECTION OF INVASIVE CANCERS, WHICH ARE THE CANCERS WE WANT TO FIND. FURTHERMORE, PATIENTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE CALLED BACK FOR FALSE ALARMS, MEANING MORE ACCURACY AND LESS ANXIETY.
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