New technologies are helping to reduce the odds of a false-positive mammogram. (Getty Images) While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going ...

A significant number of women stop getting regular mammograms after being frightened by a "false positive" scan that incorrectly suggests they have breast cancer, a new study finds. About 77% of women ...

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 ...

"This is just a really powerful service that changes a lot of women's lives. It gives them a chance to live," said ...

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shed light on a concerning issue in mammogram screening behavior, women who receive false-positive results are significantly less likely ...

Women are less likely to return for additional breast cancer screening after receiving a false-positive mammogram result, according to a study published Sept. 3 in the American College of Physicians’ ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Some radiologists report false positive cancer readings in mammogram X-rays almost 16 percent of the time, with younger and more recently trained doctors making more interpretation ...

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 ...

Mammograms can detect cancers early and save lives, but a new study on false-positive mammograms worries Dr. Elizabeth Arguelles. “I was very concerned and disheartened,” said Arguelles, the Director ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...