Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
Do mammography false positives affect women's subsequent screening compliance? Yes, and not in a good way, according to researchers from Advocate Health Care in Park Ridge, IL.
Women with false-positive results from a screening mammogram were significantly more likely to delay subsequent exams, compared with women who had true-negative results, they found. Learn how to counter this phenomenon in our Insider Exclusive.
Then take a look at what else is going on in the Women's Imaging Community:
- Check out how digital breast tomosynthesis could benefit Medicaid enrollees.
- As part of our coverage of the Arab Health 2017 meeting, read about what Lebanese breast cancer screening organizers are doing to boost women's compliance.
- Discover why University of Pennsylvania researchers say that synthesized 2D images are fine for gauging breast density.
- Learn why women with dense breast tissue are at greater contralateral cancer risk.
- What happens when women are given information on the "harms" of breast cancer screening? Their interest in screening diminishes, according to researchers from Swedish Family Medicine in Seattle.
And of course, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, please contact me.
