Among older women, getting a mammogram every two years was just as beneficial as getting a mammogram annually, and led to significantly fewer false positive results, according to a study led by UC San Francisco. The national study of more than 140,000 women between the ages of 66 and 89 appeared in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Braithwaite D, et al. Screening Outcomes in Older US Women Undergoing Multiple Mammograms in Community Practice: Does Interval, Age or Comorbidity Score Affect Tumor Characteristics or False Positive Rates? J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 Feb 5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23385442
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