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Abnormal Mammogram Results
HRT can cause abnormal mammograms
October 03, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
HRT: Another Reason to Avoid It.
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...estrogen/progesterone experience significantly more abnormal mammograms, and undergo many more... Read more »
Computer-Aided Mammography Detection
By Kevin Knopf, MD , Health Expert...important to realize that there are many questionable or abnormal mammograms that do not... Read more »
Breast Cancer In the News: New Technology, Research on Metastasis, Heart Damage
By Beth Brophy , Health Expert...radiologist with a large collection of normal and abnormal mammograms in a database. The new... Read more »
Your annual physical: It's especially important if you have Herpes
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health ExpertHow time slips by. It's already March and I'm just now finishing scheduling the medical and dental... Read more »
Digital Tomosynthesis: Another Possible Mammogram Replacement for Breast Cancer Diagnosis?
By PJ Hamel , Health ExpertThe Big Squeeze. Cartoons have been drawn about it, jokes made about it, pain-preventive measures... Read more »
Health Guide
Menopause: Medications
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CausesSeveral defective genes are involved in the cancer process. Genes that cause cancer proliferation (called oncogenes) and those that normally suppress tumors but are defective (tumor suppressor... Read more »Images
Mammogram image and information. Mammograms are used in breast cancer diagnosis and diagnosis of other breast problems.... Read more »
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