When Margie Singleton felt a lump in her left breast in the summer of 2017, she didn’t panic. Her routine mammograms, including one six months earlier, had always come back normal. What the ...

3D mammograms haven't yet been proven to be the best screening tool for breast cancer, but more women in the United States are getting them. From 2015 to 2017, 3D mammography screening increased from ...

I have been interpreting mammograms for more than 25 years, and I have heard just about every misconception there is about breast screening. Unfortunately, women sometimes delay or even forgo having a ...

Up until about two decades ago, all mammograms were done using an X-ray machine, which generated two-dimensional (2D) images of breast tissue. In 2011, however, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Research suggests 3D mammography could offer benefits over 2D imaging. Newer three-dimensional imaging is more effective at detecting breast cancer and may improve long-term outcomes, according to a ...

For millions of women, the words "you have dense breasts" can feel both vague and unsettling-especially when it comes after a routine mammogram. Breast density isn’t just a technical term buried in a ...

Have you recently received a letter from your doctor’s office about your breast density? You might be wondering what it’s all about. Thanks to a new requirement from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Throughout the month of October, the color pink transforms into a universal symbol for women's health and breast cancer awareness. The annual tradition of wearing a pink ribbon is a way to show ...

ATLANTA – A new federal rule takes effect Tuesday that could potentially help more women spot breast cancer earlier. The FDA will require mammogram providers across the country to notify women if they ...

New technologies are helping to reduce the odds of a false-positive mammogram. (Getty Images) While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going ...

Breast cancer screenings can feel like a lot to manage. But here's what matters most: Catching breast cancer early through the right screening can be truly lifesaving. In fact, the American Cancer ...