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X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.
Examples of mammography in a Sentence
Helen receives annual follow-up appointments with the specialist nurse at the hospital, including annual mammography.
In Breast Test Wales (BTW) we use mammography to detect breast cancer.
All patients should undergo mammography and the diagnosis can be confirmed or excluded by a full-thickness nipple biopsy.
An NIH Consensus Conference concluded that routine mammography was not indicated universally for women in their forties [1] .
Although there are huge benefits from regular mammography, there is an extremely small radiation risk associated with the examination.
Full Field Digital mammography (FFDM) is an alternative technology to conventional mammography systems for use in breast cancer screening.
This latest technology is able to image through dense breast tissue reaching a far wider section than X-ray mammography.
Beginning at age 40, discussion during CBE should include information about screening mammography.
Two view mammography is better than single view in finding the smaller lesions.
One of the two trials aimed at the promotion of screening mammography found no significant differences between groups for nearly all outcomes.
Mammography screening was reported to be an independent prognostic factor in reducing the chance of disease recurrence.
For cancer, the diagnosis can be made through screening procedures such as mammography (for breast cancer), PAP smear (for cervical cancer).