Karla Kerlikowske

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First reported Mar 18 2013 - Updated Mar 19 2013 - 1 reports

Mammograms Every Other Year Don't Raise Advanced Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, March 18 (Reuters) - In the latest installment in the mammogram debate, a new study finds that getting a mammogram every other year instead of annually did not increase the risk of advanced breast cancer in women aged ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Mar 18 2013]

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"if you have these risk factors, would it help if you got screened annually vs. every two years?" said Kerlikowske, whose study was published online in JAMA Internal Medicine
Mammograms Every Other Year Don't Raise Advanced Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Mar 18 2013]
Kerlikowske further says in a statement, "women will have much more information, so they can better know their risk of developing invasive cancer. it will lead to a more personalized approach to treatment. as many as 44 percent of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ may not require any further treatment, and can rely instead on surveillance." According to the researchers, the discovery allows physicians to pinpoint the group of patients with the lowest risk and the group at highest risk of...
Theory to predict, if the most common form of breast cancer may later spread, discovered [Published Topnews.in - Apr 30 2010]

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Biennial Mammogram OK for Seniors [Published ThirdAge - Mar 19 2013]
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Questions abound about dense breasts, mammograms [Published Bend Bulletin - Aug 23 2012]
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