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Topic: mammograms

Doctor examining scan (Getty Images)

False cancer diagnosis from vaccine

Nicole Karlis
This undated combination provided by Hologic shows an image taken using conventional mammography, left, and an image using a 3D mammography, right, with a tumor circled that wasn’t visible on the first image. A large study that was published Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that adding breast screening with 3D imaging to conventional digital mammograms is slightly better at finding cancer than regular scans alone, with fewer false alarms. (AP Photo/Courtesy Hologic) (AP)

Should some women get mammograms at 30?

Elizabeth Pratt - Healthline
A protester at the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. (Peter Cooper)

Hurting women

Simon Haeder - The Conversation
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#Mamming is useless

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Think before you pink

Veronica Bayetti Flores - Feministing
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When my wife got cancer

Jim Walter
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