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02-16-2006, 11:07 AM

An interesting article on digital mamography.

RB

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pb...0356/1039/LIFE

ABSTRACT

One day. Two mammograms. Two different stories.

The film mammogram would tell Lisbeth Maas there was nothing to worry about. A closer look at the other, a digital mammogram, caught breast cancer in its earliest stages.

It was the digital mammogram that picked up something that looked suspicious, localized and small, "which is probably why it was missed on the film mammography," said Maas, 47.

That digital image may have saved Maas' life. Now, more women in Iowa will get the same chance Maas did.

02-16-2006, 11:07 AM	#1
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	Digital mamography advantages - dense breast tissue An interesting article on digital mamography. RB http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pb...0356/1039/LIFE ABSTRACT One day. Two mammograms. Two different stories. The film mammogram would tell Lisbeth Maas there was nothing to worry about. A closer look at the other, a digital mammogram, caught breast cancer in its earliest stages. It was the digital mammogram that picked up something that looked suspicious, localized and small, "which is probably why it was missed on the film mammography," said Maas, 47. That digital image may have saved Maas' life. Now, more women in Iowa will get the same chance Maas did.