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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2008;299(4):397-398.

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Chicago—Screening for breast cancer with mammography saves lives, but researchers say new approaches offer the potential of more accuracy in identifying abnormalities.

While mammography as it is performed now reduces mortality, it does not detect all cancers. It also identifies some benign abnormalities as possibly cancerous, causing unnecessary stress for women needing further assessment and increasing costs for retesting and interpretation. At the Scientific Sessions of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) held here in November, investigators presented findings on improvements to current mammography techniques and data on new mammography modalities that may improve sensitivity and specificity.

Digital tomosynthesis uses highly precise 3-dimensional imaging that proponents say will improve breast cancer screening sensitivity and specificity. (Photo credit: Breast Imaging Division/Massachusetts General Hospital)

According to the American Cancer Society, in the United States at least 211 240 women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and 40 410 died from . . . [Full Text of this Article]

DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS