Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going to annual screenings, ...

Race, breast density, medical history and imaging facility affiliation can influence the likelihood of false-negative mammogram results, according to a study published Oct. 22 in the American Journal ...

Women who received false-positive mammography results were less likely to return for future screenings. Researchers analyzed more than three million screening mammograms from more than one million ...

Women who received a false positive after a mammogram screening are more likely to either delay or skip subsequent mammograms, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, ...

Women who received false-positive mammography results were less likely to return for screening, especially if they received recommendations for short-interval follow-up or biopsy, according to a study ...

Early detection of breast cancer through mammography screening continues to save lives. However, abnormal findings on mammograms can lead to women being recalled for additional imaging and biopsies, ...

Bottom Line: Women who had a false positive result from a screening mammogram were more likely to delay or forgo their subsequent screening mammogram than women who had a true negative result. Journal ...

High rates of false positive test results may be keeping women from sticking to recommended mammogram screenings for breast cancer, a new study has found. Researchers from UC Davis Comprehensive ...

Women more likely to return for additional imaging only, short-interval follow-up, or biopsy after true-negative result. HealthDay News — Women are less likely to return for subsequent screening after ...

Depending on when they received their last mammogram, women who receive a false-positive result are more or less likely to get screened at recommended intervals, according to preliminary findings from ...

In 2009, a government advisory group sent women and their doctors into a frenzy when it rolled back recommendations for annual breast cancer screening for most women. Saying that routine mammograms ...

Every year, millions of women get mammograms to screen for breast cancer. About 10% of them are called back for further testing. And 7% to 12% of those women receive a false-positive result, meaning ...