 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Study: Digital mammograms better for younger women; The new test proves 15% more accurate than standard film X-rays among women under 50
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Mammograms that use digital imaging to help doctors spot cancer
are better than standard X-rays for young women and those with dense
breasts, but others can skip the extra cost and get the old-
fashioned kind, a landmark study concludes.
It involved more than 40,000 women and was the largest ever done
to compare mammography screening techniques.
For most women who get mammograms - those past menopause with
fatty breasts - "there's no reason to seek digital ... film is just
as goo...
