Digital mammography best for younger women

Digital mammography was much better than traditional film mammography at spotting breast cancers in younger women or those with dense breasts, US researchers said.

The results confirm earlier findings and better define who will benefit from the newer, more costly digital exams.

Early findings from this same study of 49,528 women published in 2005 suggested that younger women and women with dense breasts would benefit, but also found the digital test was no better than traditional film-based mammography for the overall population of women.

"This paper confirms that if you are under 50, pre- or perimenopausal, and have dense breasts, you should definitely be screened with digital rather than film," Dr Etta Pisano of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill said in a statement.

source - YahooXtra News