HealthDay News — A high proportion of women seem to undergo mammography screening every year, despite recommendations for biennial screening, according to a research letter published in the Annals of ...

A common blood test for ovarian cancer is more likely to fall short for Black and Native American women, according to a new ...

Research shows that Black women and women of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to die from breast cancer. A mammogram is an X-ray picture of the breast that doctors use to look for early ...

izusek/Getty Women should start getting regular mammograms at age 40 — a decade ... white women have the highest rates of breast cancer, Black women are “approximately 40% more likely to ...

In contrast, the American College of Radiology recommends that high-risk groups such as Black women and Ashkenazi Jewish women get risk assessments by age 25 to assess earlier mammography needs ...

Dr. Regina Hampton discusses key factors contributing to this disparity, and how healthcare systems can address these ...

In the UK, breast screening by mammography is offered free to women who are between the ages of 50 and 71 through the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme . Research shows that Black ...