[
US
/məˈmɑɡɹəfi/
]
NOUN
- a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays
How To Use mammography In A Sentence
- LUDDEN: Richard Knox, I was interested to read that mammography is not as effective as screening methods for some other kinds of cancer. Sorting Through Mammogram Confusion
- This means that physicist Dr Teresa Fundora helped with the design of the new Nuclear Medicine department at the hospital, while her colleagues did the same for the 55 other new services installed, including nephrology, cytogenetics, minimum access surgery like endoscopy and laparoscopy, and importantly, mammography. OpEdNews - Diary: Healthcare Lies From Venezuela
- As an oncologist, I find this highly-plausible; the purpose of mammography is to identify tumors in early stage and spare women morbidity and mortality associated from advanced disease. Dr. Elaine Schattner: Holes in the Evidence on the Value of Screening Mammograms
- A third reason for the increase in diagnoses of breast cancer is the growing use of mammography, a technique that uses x-rays to examine the breast. Good News and Bad News About Breast Cancer
- MammogramsX-ray mammography is still the standard technique for breastcancer screening. Sharper Focus On The Breast
- Because the condition is so rare, general screening by mammography, ultrasound, or other methods is not recommended.
- For others it will involve screening by mammography or colonoscopy.
- WEDNESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used mammography software known as computer-aided detection (CAD) doesn't improve detection of invasive breast cancer, new research suggests. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- No mass was palpated on physical examination, and her mammography was negative.
- Also, not surprisingly, routine premenopausal mammography is practiced by no nation other than the U.S. Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms