Who would not benefit from digital screening mammography?
Women who fit ALL of the three categories: • over age 50 • those who do not have dense or heterogeneously (very dense) breast tissue • those who are not still menstruating. Should all women get a digital mammogram? No. At present, only 8 percent of the mammography units in the U.S. are digital systems, whereas approximately 40 percent of women undergoing screening mammography have dense breasts. Given these results, should women move up or skip their next regularly scheduled mammogram? Women should have their next mammogram when they are scheduled for it. It would be better to have a film mammogram when a woman is supposed to have her next mammogram than for her to delay her screening in order to get a digital mammogram. No woman should defer screening with mammography just because of a lack of access to digital mammography. Film mammography has been successfully used as a screening tool for breast cancer for over 35 years. There is no reason for any woman to receive an extra mammogram
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