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    diagnostic mammogram

    X-ray of the breasts used to check for breast cancer after a lump or other sign or symptom of breast cancer has been found. (National Cancer Institute)



    New TechniScan Medical Systems Survey Results Challenge ... Feb 16, 2005
    ..."A woman is typically referred for breast biopsy after a diagnostic mammogram and/or ultrasound examination indicate an area of suspicion for malignancy ... Business Wire (press release),

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    Local doctors adopt national guidelines for cancer treatment May 21, 2004
    ...than 5 centimeters and the cancer has not spread to her lymph nodes, the guidelines suggest several tests, including blood tests, a diagnostic mammogram and a ... Bend Bulletin

    Follow - Up Among Low - Income Women with Breast Abnormalities Apr 21, 2004
    ...a diagnostic mammogram as a first follow-up procedure. Factors affecting receipt of adequate follow-up care included index visit at a CHC vs. ... Medscape - Apr 21, 2004
    ... a diagnostic mammogram as a first follow-up procedure. Factors affecting receipt of adequate follow-up care included index visit at a CHC vs. ...

    Mammograms aren't perfect, but bottom line? Get oneChicago Sun Times

    Mammograms aren't perfect, but bottom line? Get one May 7, 2004
    Diagnostic mammogram: an X-ray of the breast in a woman who has a breast problem such as a lump or nipple discharge or who was found to have a possible ... Chicago Sun Times


    Resources from the National Cancer Institute on diagnostic mammogram:

    Cancer.gov - Get a Mammogram: Do It for Yourself, Do It for Your ...  If needed, Medicare will pay for a diagnostic mammogram at any time. There may also be low- and no-cost screening programs where you live. ...
    Cancer.gov - Understanding Screening Trials  ...a diagnostic tool. The diagnostic mammogram will help the doctor determine what additional tests (such as a biopsy) are needed. ...
    Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Statistics  ...[D]. This figure shows the number of screening and diagnostic mammograms recorded in the BCSC data for the years 1996-2001 inclusive. ...
    Cancer.gov - Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for All ...  ...or discharge, or changes in breast size or shape, or has a suspicious screening mammogram, the doctor often asks her to have a diagnostic mammogram: an x-ray ...
    Cancer.gov - Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for All ...  The doctor will then carefully examine your breasts and will probably schedule you for a diagnostic mammogram, to obtain as much information as possible about ...
    Cancer.gov - What You Need To Know Aboutâ„¢ Breast Cancer  Diagnostic mammograms involve x-ray pictures of the breast to get clearer, more detailed pictures of any area that looks abnormal on a screening mammogram. ...
    Cancer.gov  Newly diagnosed disease: Diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound of the affected breast within 3 months before study entry; Mammogram ...
    Cancer.gov - Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for All ...  Diagnostic mammogram: The use of a breast x-ray to evaluate the breasts of a woman who has symptoms of disease such as a lump, or whose screening mammogram ...
    Cancer.gov - Dictionary  ...diagnostic mammogram X-ray of the breasts used to check for breast cancer after a lump or other sign or symptom of breast cancer has been found. ...
    BCSC - Current Grants  ...we will determine the diagnostic accuracy of using either additional mammographic views and/or ultrasound compared with the standard four-view mammogram. ...


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