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High-Quality Mammography: A Step Forward for Women’s Health editorial, Dec 1, 2020 Radiology

High-Quality Mammography: A Step Forward for Women’s Health

Correcting a decade of negative news about mammography

Correcting a decade of negative news about mammography

Many Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Skip Chemo, Large Trial Confirms

Many Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Skip Chemo, Large Trial Confirms

At The World’s Largest Cancer Meeting, Doctors Discuss Safety Of Pregnancy After Breast Cancer

At The World’s Largest Cancer Meeting, Doctors Discuss Safety Of Pregnancy After Breast Cancer

Debunking The Vanishing Breast Cancer Myth

Debunking The Vanishing Breast Cancer Myth

The Latest Study On Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis Fails To Persuade

The Latest Study On Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis Fails To Persuade

Team Care Slashes Deaths From Pregnancy In Sickle Cell Anemia

Team Care Slashes Deaths From Pregnancy In Sickle Cell Anemia

The Case Against The Case Against Mammography

The Case Against The Case Against Mammography

A Turning Point In The Breast Cancer Screening Debate?

A Turning Point In The Breast Cancer Screening Debate?

Why Prolia May Be The Better Drug For Reducing Bone Breaks And Recurrence After Breast Cancer

Why Prolia May Be The Better Drug For Reducing Bone Breaks And Recurrence After Breast Cancer

What The ACS Guidelines Got Wrong About Breast Cancer Screening

What The ACS Guidelines Got Wrong About Breast Cancer Screening

How Water Aerobics Can Keep You Fit As You Age

How Water Aerobics Can Keep You Fit As You Age

Why Women And Doctors Need To Know More About DCIS

Why Women And Doctors Need To Know More About DCIS

Why Evidence From A Clinical Trial Of Ovarian Cancer Has Limited Value

Why Evidence From A Clinical Trial Of Ovarian Cancer Has Limited Value

How To Avoid Overdiagnosis And Overtreatment Of Breast Cancer

How To Avoid Overdiagnosis And Overtreatment Of Breast Cancer

Why Women Shouldn’t Cower To Concerns About Overdiagnosis Of Breast Cancer

Why Women Shouldn’t Cower To Concerns About Overdiagnosis Of Breast Cancer

Study Highlights Social Factors Affecting Breast Cancer Surgery

Study Highlights Social Factors Affecting Breast Cancer Surgery

Breast Cancers Are Rising in Younger And In Older Women: Reasons For Concern

Breast Cancers Are Rising in Younger And In Older Women: Reasons For Concern

What We Might Learn From The Early-Stage Breast Cancer Disclosures Of Sandra Lee and Rita Wilson

What We Might Learn From The Early-Stage Breast Cancer Disclosures Of Sandra Lee and Rita Wilson

On Mammography, Evidence, And Why We Need To Improve Breast Cancer Screening

On Mammography, Evidence, And Why We Need To Improve Breast Cancer Screening

Task Force Punts On Women Under 50, Jeopardizing Access To Mammograms

Task Force Punts On Women Under 50, Jeopardizing Access To Mammograms

Automated Ultrasound Can Improve Breast Cancer Detection In Women With Dense Breasts

Automated Ultrasound Can Improve Breast Cancer Detection In Women With Dense Breasts

Recent Studies Of Mammography Use Shockingly Old Data

Recent Studies Of Mammography Use Shockingly Old Data

All Women Should Have Access To Ultrasound Screening For Breast Cancer

All Women Should Have Access To Ultrasound Screening For Breast Cancer

NED, A Vibrant Band Of Doctors Rocking For Women With Cancer

NED, A Vibrant Band Of Doctors Rocking For Women With Cancer

Mandatory Reporting Of Breast Density In Screening Mammograms. Why The Controversy?

Mandatory Reporting Of Breast Density In Screening Mammograms. Why The Controversy?

Can The Mammogram Panel Read A Mammogram?

Can The Mammogram Panel Read A Mammogram?

Tamoxifen As A Breast Cancer Preventive — Mixed Results In Long-Term Follow-Up

Tamoxifen As A Breast Cancer Preventive — Mixed Results In Long-Term Follow-Up

‘Lily,’ A Film About A Young Artist With Breast Cancer, And What’s Next In Her Life

‘Lily,’ A Film About A Young Artist With Breast Cancer, And What’s Next In Her Life

Why News About Thyroid Cancer Screening Doesn’t Apply To Breast Cancer

Why News About Thyroid Cancer Screening Doesn’t Apply To Breast Cancer

Ovarian Cancer Awareness: A Declining Disease Rate, And Looking Ahead to New Drugs

Ovarian Cancer Awareness: A Declining Disease Rate, And Looking Ahead to New Drugs

What ‘Chasing Life,’ On ABC Family, Gets Right (and Wrong) About Cancer

What ‘Chasing Life,’ On ABC Family, Gets Right (and Wrong) About Cancer

It’s Not Just About Survival: Why Some Breast Cancer Patients Opt For Surgery on Both Sides

It’s Not Just About Survival: Why Some Breast Cancer Patients Opt For Surgery on Both Sides

Time for Informed Consent: The FDA Considers Risks of Power Morcellators in Fibroid Surgery

Time for Informed Consent: The FDA Considers Risks of Power Morcellators in Fibroid Surgery

JAMA Review on Mammography Points to the Need for Better Ways to Advise Women and Detect Breast Cancer

JAMA Review on Mammography Points to the Need for Better Ways to Advise Women and Detect Breast Cancer

Old and New Music, on Dying to Give Birth

Old and New Music, on Dying to Give Birth

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