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All women who underwent mammographic screening were followed for at least 180 days.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

Also driving the changes in the draft recommendations is a growing recognition of the risks faced by women with dense breasts, which make malignancies both more common and harder to detect on mammographic images.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023

These women were more forthcoming, discussing the details of their treatments and things that women could do — breast self-examination and mammographic screening — to find breast cancers early.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2010

The evidence . . . does not demonstrate any clear health benefit from mammographic screening for breast cancer in women younger than 50 years .

From Time Magazine Archive

And as for the increased risk of cancer posed by exposure to mammographic X rays?

From Time Magazine Archive