Study Finds Unnecessary Mammograms Performed On Elderly Women With Dementia

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A new study in the American Journal of Public Health found that 18% of elderly women with severe dementia undergo screening mammograms, despite guidelines from the American Cancer Society and other groups that recommended against such screening for women with a life expectancy of less than five years, Newsweek reports. Elderly women with dementia have an average life expectancy of 3...

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