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MBI: A Better Screening Tool for Younger Women?

Despite last year’s US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations that women under age 50 don’t need regular screening mammograms, the vast majority of us continue to get a yearly mammogram beginning at age 40.But that yearly mammogram might not be offering women under 50 the protection against a serious breast cancer diagnosis... Read moreChevron
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MBI - Latest Screening Technology: A Better Tool For Dense Breasts?

Coming soon to a hospital near you: the MBI, a great new screening tool that might someday replace the mammogram.    Wait a minute—hasn’t MBI, or molecular breast imaging, been around for awhile? Isn’t it known mainly for its slew of false positives, its inconvenience, and its expense?Have We Already Heard about... Read moreChevron

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