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  • Legacy Breast Health Centers - Care includes screening mammography, diagnosis, genetic counseling and research. Located in Oregon.
    -- http://www.legacyhealth.org/body.cfm?id=212  
  • BreastScreen WA - Provides information about breast cancer and breast screening mammography services for both rural and metropolitan women in the state.
    -- http://www.breastscreen.health.wa.gov.au/default.htm  
  • R2 Technology - R2 Technology developed ImageChecker system, the first and only FDA approved Computer Aided detection for Screening Mammography to help reduce oversights and aid in early detection of breast cancer.
    -- http://www.r2tech.com/  
  • Screening Mammograms: Questions and Answers, Cancer Facts 5.28
    ...by calling the CDC at 1–888–842–6355 (select option 7). Information on low-cost or free mammography screening programs is also available...
  • Imaginis - Mammographic Screening is Key To The Early Detection of...
    Screening mammography is a low-dose x-ray examination of the breast that is performed on women with no complaints or symptoms of breast cancer
  • USF Digital Mammography Home Page
    The Digital Database for Screening Mammography (DDSM) is a resource for use by the mammographic image analysis research community.
  • JAMA -- Abstract: Comparison of Screening Mammography in the United...
    • Topic Collection Alerts Comparison of Screening Mammography in the United States and the United Kingdom ... Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD...
  • JAMA -- Abstract: Continuing Screening Mammography in Women Aged 70...
    Topic Collection Alerts Continuing Screening Mammography in Women Aged 70 to 79 Years Impact on Life Expectancy and Cost-effectiveness
  • 2002.02.21:HHS Affirms Value of Mammography for Detecting Breast...
    ...an updated recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that calls for screening mammography, with or without clinical...
  • Screening Mammography for Breast Cancer
    Screening Mammography for Breast Cancer: American College of Preventive Medicine Practice Policy Statement...
  • News - Breast Cancer Detection Improved by 7.4% in Academic Medical...
    Breast Cancer Detection Improved by 7.4% in Academic Medical Setting, With Computer Aided Detection in Screening Mammography...
  • Performance of Screening Mammography among Women with and without a...
    Performance of Screening Mammography among Women with and without a First-Degree Relative with Breast Cancer ... Karla Kerlikowske, MD...
  • Breast Cancer Screening: A Summary of the Evidence for the U.S....
    [in this window] [in a new window]   Table 6. Meta-Analyses of Randomized Trials of Screening Mammography among Women 40 to 49 Years of Age...
  • Imaginis - Mammographic Screening is Key To The Early Detection of ... ... Does a Screening Mammogram Cost? Additional Resources on Mammography Who Should Receive Screening Mammography? The National Cancer Institute recommends that women begin receiving screening mammograms ... imaginis.com/breasthealth/screening.asp
  • Imaginis - General Information on Mammography ... during biopsy. There are two types of mammography exams, screening and diagnostic : Screening mammography is an x-ray examination of the breasts in a woman who is asymptomatic (has no ... www.imaginis.com/breasthealth/mammography.asp
  • Screening Mammography for Breast CancerScreening Mammography for Breast Cancer: American College of Preventive Medicine Practice Policy Statement Rebecca Ferrini, MD, Elizabeth Mannino, MD, Edith Ramsdell, MD and Linda Hill, MD, MPH Burden ... www.acpm.org/breast.htm
  • USF Digital Mammography Home PageUniversity of South Florida Digital Mammography Home Page DDSM: Digital Database for Screening Mammography The Digital Database for Screening Mammography (DDSM) is a resource for use by the mammographic ... marathon.csee.usf.edu/Mammography/Database.html
  • Breast Cancer: Screening ... Summary of Recommendations The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening mammography, with or without clinical breast examination (CBE), every 1-2 years for women aged 40 and ... www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsbrca.htm
  • 2002.02.21:HHS Affirms Value of Mammography for Detecting Breast ... ... recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that calls for screening mammography, with or without clinical breast examination, every one to two years for women ages 40 and ... www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020221.html
  • Mammography (Breast Imaging, Mammogram) ... Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) recommend screening mammography every year for women, beginning at age 40. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) adds ... www.radiologyinfo.org/content/mammogram.htm
  • Social Security Act ยง1861 ... finds that the physician is the only such qualified individual in the area); (13) screening mammography (as defined in subsection (jj)); (14) screening pap smear and screening pelvic exam; and ... www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title18/1861.htm
  • Preventive health care, 2001 update: screening mammography among women ... ... March 1, 2001; 164(6): 753 - 753. [Full Text] [PDF] M. B. Barton Screening mammography for women aged 40-49: Are we off the fence yet? Can. Med. Assoc. J., February 1, 2001; 164(4 ... www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/164/4/469