Women 80 and older benefit from mammography, but few are screene...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Mon, 04/21/2008 - 23:00

In the first study to assess mammography in women 80 and older, researchers found that having regular mammograms significantly decreases the risk of being diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, but only about one-fifth of women in this age group receive them regularly.


 

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