{"id":58713,"date":"2009-12-01T18:58:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T23:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=134328"},"modified":"2009-12-01T18:58:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T23:58:59","slug":"mammography-in-high-risk-young-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/58713","title":{"rendered":"Mammography in High-risk Young Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many doctors will tell you that there’s no reason to worry about radiation received during mammograms<\/a>. My own doctor has said this, saying I need to worry more about the dangers of driving than the radiation in mammograms. But should women at high risk of developing breast cancer<\/a> worry about having mammograms at an early age?<\/p>\n

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Researchers at University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands are saying that young, high-risk women should exercise caution when receiving mammograms. Specifically, the researchers warn that a “careful approach” should be taken with high-risk women under 30 years old<\/strong>. Their study findings were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Dr. Jansen-van der Weide and colleagues, young women with familial or genetic predisposition to breast cancer might need to consider alternative screening methods of screening, such as ultrasound and MRI. They say the benefit of early tumor detection in this group could be offset by the potential risk of radiation-induced cancer. Yet, the American Cancer Society recommends that women with a greater than 20% lifetime risk of breast cancer should have imaging, including mammography each year, often beginning at age 30.<\/p>\n

Using data from selected previous breast cancer studies on high-risk women, the researchers calculated pooled odds ratios to estimate radiation-induced breast cancer risk.<\/p>\n

Results:<\/p>\n